金磚

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See also: 金砖

Chinese

metal; gold; money brick
trad. (金磚) 金 磚
simp. (金砖) 金 砖

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

金磚

  1. gold brick; gold bar
  2. standard gold
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Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps from "gold/money" and "brick", to sound like the English acronym while also connoting the countries' expanding economies?”

Proper noun

金磚

  1. (politics, economics) BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa); BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China): a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.
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