板块
Traditional form:
板塊
Pinyin (reading):
bǎnkuài
Definitions:
- slab
- (geology) tectonic plate
- (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
- (economic) bloc
Characters:
- 板 - board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
- 块 - piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency
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