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富可敵國

简富可敌国 · 繁富可敵國

Mandarin · pinyin fù kě dí guó

having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom)
extremely wealthy

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富: fù · abundant, ample; rich, wealthy
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
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敌: dí · enemy, foe, rival; resist
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state

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4–3–2–2 · fu4 ke3 di2 guo2

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(idiomatic) rich as Croesus; extremely wealthy

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