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銅板

简铜板 · 繁銅板

Mandarin · pinyin tóng bǎn

copper coin
copper plate
copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument)
(Tw) coin

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銅: Look up this written character
板: bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate
铜: tóng · copper, brass, bronze

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2–3 · tong2 ban3

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noun

copper coin; copper
copperplate
(Taiwan) coin
(music) pair of semicircular copperplates used to beat time in dagu, kuaiban, etc.

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