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昏睡病

Mandarin · pinyin hūn shuì bìng

sleeping sickness
African trypanosomiasis
see also 非洲錐蟲病 Fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng

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昏: hūn · dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
睡: shuì · sleep, doze
病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease

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1–4–4 · hun1 shui4 bing4

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fan1 seoi6 beng6

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noun

(pathology) sleeping sickness

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