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梅乾菜

简梅干菜 · 繁梅乾菜

Mandarin · pinyin méi gān cài

salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)

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梅: méi · plums; prunes; surname
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
菜: cài · vegetables; dish, order; food
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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2–1–4 · mei2 gan1 cai4

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noun

meigancai (dry pickled Chinese mustard)

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