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Chinese
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river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.) |
cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish |
| trad. (川貝)
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川
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貝
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| simp. (川贝)
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川
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贝
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Pronunciation
Noun
川貝
- (traditional Chinese medicine) Synonym of 川貝母／川贝母 (chuānbèimǔ, “bulb of the Sichuan fritillary (Fritillaria sichuanica), used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce phlegm”)
- 川貝枇杷膏／川贝枇杷膏 [Cantonese] ― cyun1 bui3 pei4 paa4 gou1 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)