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Mandarin · pinyin nèi cān

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(literary) palace eunuch

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內: nèi · inside, interior; domestic
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内: nèi · inside
参: cān · take part in, intervene; ginseng; 21st lunar mansion, determinative star ζ Orionis (Alnitak)

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4–1 · nei4 can1

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