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乾旱土

简干旱土 · 繁乾旱土

Mandarin · pinyin gān hàn tǔ

aridisol (soil taxonomy)

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
旱: hàn · drought; dry; dry land
土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–4–3 · gan1 han4 tu3

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gon1 hon5 tou2

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