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單方

简单方 · 繁單方

Mandarin · pinyin dān fāng

unilateral
one-sided
home remedy
folk prescription(same as 丹方)
single-drug prescription (same as 奇方 jī fāng, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方 qī fāng)
metaphorically. a good solution

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方: fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local
单: dān · single, individual, only; lone

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1–1 · dan1 fang1

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noun

one side (as opposed to both sides)
(traditional Chinese medicine) home remedy; folk prescription; single-drug prescription
(figurative) good solution; formula

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