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魚乾女

简鱼干女 · 繁魚乾女

Mandarin · pinyin yú gān nǚ

see 乾物女 gān wù nǚ

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魚: yú · fish; surname; Kangxi radical 195
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
鱼: yú · fish; surname; Kangxi radical 195
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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2–1–3 · yu2 gan1 nu:3

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