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大便乾燥

简大便干燥 · 繁大便乾燥

Mandarin · pinyin dà biàn gān zào

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
便: biàn · convenience, ease; expedient
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
燥: zào · dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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4–4–1–4 · da4 bian4 gan1 zao4

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daai6 bin6 gon1 cou3

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