钱庄

钱庄
qiánzhuāng

old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)

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MEANING

  1. noun

    old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)

    • Money shops were very common in ancient China.

  2. noun

    (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal

    • He deposited the money into a pawnshop.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Money is a small metal object used to exchange goods.

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