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竺乾

Mandarin · pinyin Zhú qián

Buddha (archaic)
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)

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竺: zhú · India; bamboo; surname
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀

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2–2 · Zhu2 qian2

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(archaic, Buddhism) India

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