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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
麩金
- panned gold (as opposed to gold nuggets); gold dust
有得片塊，大者重一斤，或至二斤，小者三兩五兩，價貴於麩金數倍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
有得片块，大者重一斤，或至二斤，小者三两五两，价贵于麸金数倍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 8
- Yǒu dé piàn kuài, dà zhě zhòng yī jīn, huò zhì èr jīn, xiǎo zhě sān liǎng wǔ liǎng, jià guì yú fūjīn shù bèi.
- Sometimes nuggets are found — the larger ones weighing one catty, or up to two catties; the smaller ones weighing three to five taels. Their value is many times that of panned gold.