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Perineum

会阴 〔會陰〕 huì yīn

屏翳〔屏翳〕píng yì; 篡〔篡〕cuàn

Also lower extreme; meeting of yīn. The area between two yīn, i.e., between the external genitals and the anus.

Etymology

Chinese:huì, meeting; 阴 yīn, yīn (the complement of yáng), dark, private. So called because it is the meeting place of the anterior and posterior yīn, i.e., the anus and genitals.

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