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惡性轉移

简恶性转移 · 繁惡性轉移

Mandarin · pinyin è xìng zhuǎn yí

(medicine) metastasis

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惡: Look up this written character
性: xìng · nature, character, sex
轉: Look up this written character
移: yí · change place, shift; move about
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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4–4–3–2 · e4 xing4 zhuan3 yi2

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