钱 串 子

qián chuàn zidictionary entry

string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede

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Original source entry:

錢串子 钱串子 [qian2 chuan4 zi5] /string of copper coins (in ancient China)/(fig.) an overly money-oriented person/(zoology) centipede/

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Other forms in these source records: 錢串子

钱
qián
coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bǐ] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liǎng]
Qián
surname Qian
串
chuàn
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
子
zǐ
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-
zi
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

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