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舌下片

Mandarin · pinyin shé xià piàn

sublingual tablet (medicine)

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舌: shé · tongue; clapper of bell; Kangxi radical 135
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
片: piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91

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2–4–4 · she2 xia4 pian4

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sit3 haa6 pin2

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