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Mandarin · pinyin yè chā

to propagate from leaf cuttings

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葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
插: chā · insert, stick into; plant
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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4–1 · ye4 cha1

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