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麻雀虽小，五脏俱全
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Definitions
- 1. the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom)
- 2. small but complete in every detail
Child Words of 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全
all
a freckle
every kind
generic name for hemp, flax etc
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xīn], liver 肝[gān], spleen 脾[pí], lungs 肺[fèi] and kidneys 腎|肾[shèn]
five
dirty
sparrow
(bound form) small bird
(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception
viscera
small
although