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革囊

Mandarin · pinyin gé náng

leather purse
fig. human body

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革: gé · leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰
囊: náng · bag, purse, sack; put in bag

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2–2 · ge2 nang2

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