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Mandarin · pinyin mài xù

venation; pattern of veins on a leaf or insect wing

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脈: mài · blood vessels, veins, arteries
序: xù · series, serial order, sequence
脉: mài · blood vessels, veins, arteries

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4–4 · mai4 xu4

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