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乾女兒

简干女儿 · 繁乾女兒

Mandarin · pinyin gān nǚ ér

adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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1–3–2 · gan1 nu:3 er2

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gon1 neoi5 ji4

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noun

(nominally) adoptive daughter; goddaughter

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