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陰乾

简阴干 · 繁陰乾

Mandarin · pinyin yīn gān

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陰: Look up this written character
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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jam1 gon1

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

jam1 gon1

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

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