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津液

Mandarin · pinyin jīn yè

bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine)

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津: jīn · ferry; saliva; ford
液: yè · sap, juice, liquid, fluid

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1–4 · jin1 ye4

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noun

(literary, traditional Chinese medicine) bodily fluid; biological fluid
(literary) drop of water; liquid; fluid
(Hokkien) saliva
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) thick soup or juice (boiled from meat, ginseng, deer antler, etc.)

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