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土拍

Mandarin · pinyin tǔ pāi

land auction; to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍賣 tǔ dì pāi mài)

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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
拍: pāi · clap, tap, beat; beat or rhythm

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3–1 · tu3 pai1

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