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tan shen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
tan shen
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Red sage or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 丹參 /丹参 (dānshēn).

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

tanshinone

Questions

What does tan shen mean?
Red sage or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
Where does tan shen come from?
Borrowed from Mandarin 丹參 /丹参 (dānshēn).

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