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Traditional (switch to Simplified)

藥食同源 (药食同源)

yào shí tóng yuán

Definition

  1. (lit.) food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. (fig.) there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine

Character Decomposition

藥
=
艹
+
樂
食
=
亽
+
艮
同
=
冂
+
一
+
口
源
=
氵
+
原

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