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乾涸

简干涸 · 繁乾涸

Mandarin · pinyin gān hé

to dry up

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
涸: hé · dried up; exhausted, tired; dry
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–2 · gan1 he2

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