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咽鼓管

yān gǔ guǎn

3-character word

What 咽鼓管 means

1. Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx {咽|yān} to the tympanic cavity {鼓室|gǔ shì} of the middle ear)
2. auditory tube

The characters in 咽鼓管

• 咽yànto swallow
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage

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