陰乾
Chinese
(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady |
dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname | ||
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trad. (陰乾) | 陰 | 乾 | |
simp. (阴干) | 阴 | 干 |
Pronunciation
Verb
陰乾
- to dry in the shade
- 凡此草芝,又有百二十種,皆陰乾服之,則令人與天地相畢,或得千歲二千歲。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Ge Hong, Baopuzi, 4th century CE
- Fán cǐ cǎo zhī, yòu yǒu bǎi èrshí zhǒng, jiē yīnqián fú zhī, zé lìng rén yǔ tiāndì xiàng bì, huò dé qiān suì èr qiān suì. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
凡此草芝,又有百二十种,皆阴干服之,则令人与天地相毕,或得千岁二千岁。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (Cantonese, figurative, of wealth, resources, etc.) to lose or be deprived gradually
Derived terms
- 神檯桔——陰乾/神台桔——阴干 (Cantonese)
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