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药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán
What 药食同源 means
- lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
- fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
The characters in 药食同源
- 药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药
- 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
- 同tónglike; same; similar
- 源yuánroot; source; origin
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