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Transport point

俞穴 〔俞穴〕 shū xué

输穴〔輸穴〕shū xué; 腧穴〔腧穴〕shù xué

1. Any acupuncture point.

2. Any of the five transport points.

Etymology

Chinese: 俞 is the original form of the character, which in its meaning of transport came to be written with the cart signifier 车, and in the medical sense as here applied, with the flesh signifier 肉 simplified as 月.

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