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厭食

简厌食 · 繁厭食

Mandarin · pinyin yàn shí

anorexia

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
厌: yàn · dislike, detest, reject; satiate

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4–2 · yan4 shi2

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jim3 sik6

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verb

(medicine) to have no appetite; to be unwilling to eat

noun

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 厭食症／厌食症 (yànshízhèng, “anorexia”)

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