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經絡

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Mandarin · pinyin jīng luò

energy channels
meridian (TCM)
(dialect) trick
tactic

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经: jīng · classic works; pass through
络: luò · enmesh, wrap around; web, net

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noun

(acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) meridian (any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body)

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