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增生

Mandarin · pinyin zēng shēng

(medicine) hyperplasia
a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received (abbr. for 增廣生員 zēng guǎng shēng yuán)

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增: zēng · increase, add to, augment
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth

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verb

to multiply; to proliferate; to grow

noun

(pathology) hyperplasia; proliferation
(historical) short for 增廣生員／增广生员 (“shengyuan admitted in addition to the quota, ranking right below the linsheng”)

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