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太陽

简太阳 · 繁太陽

Mandarin · pinyin tài yang

sun
sunlight; sunshine
temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴 tài yáng xué)

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太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun

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4–5 · tai4 yang5

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taai3 joeng4

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noun

sun; the Sun
sunshine; sunlight
(dialectal Mandarin, Guangxi Yue, Gan, Northern Min, Leizhou Min, Jiangyong Tuhua) temple (on the head)
(tarot) the Sun
(I Ching) greater yang (⚌)

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