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HSK
treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character
HSK 4
decibel
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
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  *貝* | 貝* | *貝
surname Bei
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  *貝* | 貝* | *貝
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
rice cracker
land snail
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
mussel
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
(loanword) tempeh
scallop (genus Pecten)
pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
cowrie
(stationery) to laminate (Tw)
Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM)
Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
copy / to copy (loanword)
Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
"Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆)
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
variant of 黑背


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