yán​shāng

salt merchant

  • created reference approved 盐商/鹽商 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盐商 / 鹽商 yán​shāng

    个 / 個 gè

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 盐商/鹽商 → 位 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盐商 / 鹽商 yán​shāng

    位 wèi

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 盐商/鹽商 · yán​shāng · salt merchant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盐商 / 鹽商

    yán​shāng

    salt merchant

    a merchant who deals in the salt trade; historically, this often referred to wealthy merchants who held government monopolies or licenses

    盐 (literal) → 盐/鹽 · yán · table salt 商 (literal) → 商 · shāng · merchant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense