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金磚

简金砖 · 繁金磚

Mandarin · pinyin jīn zhuān#

gold brick

Mandarin · pinyin Jīn zhuān#

(bound form) BRICS

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
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砖: zhuān · tile, brick

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noun · Etymology 1

gold brick; gold bar
standard gold
(Sichuanese) one of the four mud bricks used to support the coffin during a funeral

name · Etymology 2

(politics, economics) BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa); BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China): a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.

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