錢莊
Simplified:
钱庄
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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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informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
in recent times
Character by character
Other words read
qiánzhuāng
qianzhuang with other tones
Often confused with qianzhuang
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