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𧿹外翻

Mandarin · pinyin mǔ wài fān

variant of 拇外翻 mǔ wài fān

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𧿹: mǔ · thumb, big toe
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
翻: fān · flip over, upset, capsize

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3–4–1 · mu3 wai4 fan1

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