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錢莊

简钱庄 · 繁錢莊

Mandarin · pinyin qián zhuāng

old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)
(in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal

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钱: qián · money, currency, coins
庄: zhuāng · village, hamlet; villa, manor

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2–1 · qian2 zhuang1

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noun

(historical) old-style Chinese private bank

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