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醃

简腌 · 繁醃

Mandarin · pinyin yān

to salt
to pickle
to cure (meat)
to marinate

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醃: Look up this written character
腌: yān · salt, pickle; be dirty

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to salt; to pickle; to cure; to marinate

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