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空腸

简空肠 · 繁空腸

Mandarin · pinyin kōng cháng

jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸 shí èr zhǐ cháng and ileum 回腸 huí cháng)

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
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肠: cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage

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1–2 · kong1 chang2

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noun

(anatomy) jejunum

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