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臟

简脏 · 繁臟

Mandarin · pinyin zàng

viscera
(anatomy) organ

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脏: zàng · internal organs, viscera; dirty

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4 · zang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zong6

Cantonese word readings for 臟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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internal organs; viscera
(Northern Min) intestines; guts

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