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剝離

简剥离 · 繁剝離

Mandarin · pinyin bō lí

to peel
to strip
to peel off
to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)

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剥: bō · peel
离: lí · rare beast; strange; elegant

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verb

(medicine, geology) to come off (of skin, tissue, etc.); to be peeled off
(medicine, of a vessel) to dissect; to become dissected

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