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陰乾

简阴干 · 繁陰乾

Mandarin · pinyin yīn gān

to dry in the shade

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
阴: yīn · 'female' principle; dark; secret
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–1 · yin1 gan1

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jam1 gon1

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verb

to dry in the shade
(Cantonese, figurative, of wealth, resources, etc.) to lose or be deprived gradually

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