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十滴水

sap6 dik6*1 seoi2

shi2 di1 shui3

a popular medicine for summer ailments (lit., "ten drops")

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

十滴水

This word was added by bybell on 22nd Feb 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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十 sap6 shi2 - ten
滴 dik6 dik1 di1 - [1] [v] drip [2] [n] drop of water; water drop
水 seoi2 shui3 - water; liquid, juice; [slang] money

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