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细辛

xì xīn

2-character word Traditional 細辛

What 细辛 means

1. Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)

The characters in 细辛

• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious

Sounds the same

Read xì xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 细心meticulous; careful; attentive

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