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藥
食
同
源
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药
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Jyutping
joek6 sik6 tung4 jyun4
Pinyin
yào shí tóng yuán
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine