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併發症

简并发症 · 繁併發症

Mandarin · pinyin bìng fā zhèng

complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)

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併: Look up this written character
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
症: zhèng · disease, illness, ailment
并: bìng · combine, annex; also, what's more
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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4–1–4 · bing4 fa1 zheng4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bing6 faat3 zing3

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noun

(medicine) complication

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