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大餅

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
round flat cake; cookie; cake
round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry
 
trad. (大餅)
simp. (大饼)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大餅

  1. large flat bread
  2. (Taiwan) a kind of big and round pastry used as betrothal gift offered by the groom's family
  3. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, figurative) major source of profit; lucrative resource (that everyone wants a share of)
  4. (Cantonese) coin of relatively higher denominations (e.g. $1, $2, $5 and $10 in Hong Kong)
  5. (Cantonese) dishes
  6. (Cantonese, mahjong, slang) 1 circle

Derived terms

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