silver dollar; silver coin
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silver dollar; silver coin
informalColloquial term for silver coins, especially the Spanish and Mexican silver dollars that circulated in China from the 16th to early 20th century.
Nà那
shí时
hou候
yī一
kuài块
yáng洋
qián钱
néng能
mǎi买
hěn很
duō多
dōng东
xi西
。
Back then, one silver dollar could buy a lot of things.
Zǔ祖
fù父
liú留
xià下
le了
yī一
xiē些
jiù旧
yáng洋
qián钱
。
Grandfather left behind some old silver coins.
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Tā他
shōu收
cáng藏
le了
xǔ许
duō多
mò墨
xī西
gē哥
yáng洋
qián钱
。
He has collected many Mexican silver dollars.