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The lotus root may be severed, but its fibered threads are still connected.
(Chinese original: ouduansilian Chinese Pinyin: Ou3 duan4 si1 lian2.)
Something apparently severed but actually connected, such as a human relationship."

 
Book cover of The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese by Haiwang Yuan
Princess Peacock

 
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