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板蓝根

bǎn lán gēn

3-character word Traditional 板藍根

What 板蓝根 means

1. indigo woad root
2. root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)

The characters in 板蓝根

• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 蓝lánblue; indigo plant
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

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