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敗毒

简败毒 · 繁敗毒

Mandarin · pinyin bài dú

(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat
to detoxify

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毒: dú · poison, venom; poisonous
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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4–2 · bai4 du2

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