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tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
投币 tóu coin-operated / to insert coins
投掷 tóu zhì to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
投硬币 tóu yìng coin-operated / to insert a coin
铸币 zhù coin / to mint (coins)
压花 huā to emboss / coining / knurling
生造 shēng zào to coin (words or expressions)
打扰了 rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
边缘人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
细思极恐 kǒng scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
道系 dào (slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系[fo2 xi4]) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright
爆金币 bào jīn (gaming) (of a monster etc) to drop gold coins when defeated / (fig.) (slang) to give or spend money
卜课 to divine by tossing coins
万维天罗地网 Wàn wéi Tiān luó wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3]


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