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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
投掷 tóu zhì to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
压花 huā to emboss / coining / knurling
投币 tóu coin-operated / to insert coins
生造 shēng zào to coin (words or expressions)
铸币 zhù coin / to mint (coins)
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
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
投硬币 tóu yìng coin-operated / to insert a coin
细思极恐 kǒng scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
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]
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
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)


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