大餅
Chinese
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor | round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry | ||
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trad. (大餅) | 大 | 餅 | |
simp. (大饼) | 大 | 饼 |
Pronunciation
Noun
大餅
- large flat bread
- (Taiwan) a kind of big and round pastry used as betrothal gift offered by the groom's family
- (Taiwan, Hong Kong, figuratively) major source of profit; lucrative resource (that everyone wants a share of)
- (Cantonese) coin of relatively higher denominations (e.g. $1, $2, $5 and $10 in Hong Kong)
Derived terms
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