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贴息

tiē xī

2-character word Traditional 貼息

What 贴息 means

1. to discount the interest on a bill of exchange

The characters in 贴息

• 贴tiēto stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog)
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Sounds the same

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

• 萜烯terpene (chemistry)

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