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Mandarin · pinyin mài àn

(TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription
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脈: mài · blood vessels, veins, arteries
案: àn · table, bench; legal case
脉: mài · blood vessels, veins, arteries

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4–4 · mai4 an4

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