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芻豢

简刍豢 · 繁芻豢

Mandarin · pinyin chú huàn

livestock
farm animals

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豢: huàn · domestic animals; feed, raise
刍: chú · mow, cut grass; hay, fodder

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2–4 · chu2 huan4

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noun

(literary) fodder (grass and grains as animal food)
(literary) livestock (domestic animal raised for food or as sacrificial victim)
(literary) meat (livestock flesh as food)

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