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苦瓜

Mandarin · pinyin kǔ guā

bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)

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fu2 gwaa1

Cantonese word readings for 苦瓜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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