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眼乾症

简眼干症 · 繁眼乾症

Mandarin · pinyin yǎn gān zhèng

(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome

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眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
症: zhèng · disease, illness, ailment
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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3–1–4 · yan3 gan1 zheng4

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ngaan5 gon1 zing3

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