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药食同源

yào shí tóng yuán

4-character word Traditional 藥食同源

What 药食同源 means

1. lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
2. 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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