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吸金

xī jīn

2-character word

What 吸金 means

1. money-spinning
2. moneymaking

The characters in 吸金

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Sounds the same

Read xī jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 锡金Sikkim, Indian state bordering Tibet

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