缗
string for coins; strings of cash
Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesnoun
string or cord for threading copper coins
literaryRefers specifically to the string used in ancient China to string together copper coins (方孔钱) for easier handling and transport.
Ancient people used strings to thread coins, making them easy to carry.
The string broke and the coins scattered all over the ground.
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He took strings from the treasury to use for threading coins.
classifier
string of one thousand cash coins
literaryHistorical measure word equivalent to 贯 (guàn). One 缗 represented one string (typically 1000 copper coins) and was used to count large sums of money in ancient China.
With an annual income of a thousand strings of cash, the family was well-off.
He was bestowed three hundred strings of cash.
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The official's monthly salary was twenty strings of cash.
The wealthy family hoarded ten thousand strings of cash.