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薪饷

xīn xiǎng

2-character word Traditional 薪餉

What 薪饷 means

1. old(military and police) pay; wages
2. Taiwansalary

The characters in 薪饷

• 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 饷xiǎngsoldier's pay

Sounds the same

Read xīn xiǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 心想to think to oneself; to think

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