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白銀書

简白银书 · 繁白銀書

Mandarin · pinyin bái yín shū

valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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書: Look up this written character
银: yín · silver; cash, money, wealth
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings

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2–2–1 · bai2 yin2 shu1

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baak6 ngan4 syu1

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