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地黄

dì huáng

2-character word Traditional 地黃

What 地黄 means

1. Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM

The characters in 地黄

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through

Example sentences

• 在一个繁忙的星期五晚上，迪亚克的餐厅里，一些顾客正在享用慢烤猪里肌配榅桲、马铃薯泥；烤苹果；以及白兰地黄油酱。
  At Diack’s eatery on a busy Friday evening, some of his patrons tuck into slow-roasted pork loin with quince and potato mash, grilled apples and brandy butter sauce.

Sounds the same

Read dì huáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 地皇Earthly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇