But one meets persistently the word "tael" in their estimate of the value of things. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
Besides, the saving of a tael is a small matter. ". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
A tael was a little more than an ounce. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Eef teh tael bii eh-twitchun, dont com eh-skritchun!. From Wordnik.com. […leaving the waitress a tip. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
A tael (兩) is a Chinese ounce, roughly 40 grams. back. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
Of these, some subscribed two taels; others contributed one tael. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
A tael from each of you will be ample, but send your money to me here!. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
“A tael!” she soliloquised, “and here it goes without a sound!”. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
Then raising the steelyard, “Which is the one tael mark?” she asked. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
The rates shown here are meant as a rough guide. tael (兩) of fine silver. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
March 3, 2008 at 1:30 pm reely? ai thot it luks moar liek a rat. sii teh tael?. From Wordnik.com. [ebay kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
July 25, 2009 at 2:06 pm dat tael luks lik eet bii givin teh burd tu teh whurld. From Wordnik.com. [who threw teh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The tael was a weight and currency unit used for silver, around 37.5 grams. back. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
I'll hand over this tael to her younger sister, Yü Ch'uan-erh, and finish with it. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
"My old man gave me the figures-it's 1, - 792,668 ounces in 298,778 five-tael bars.". From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
A new Commonwealth programme for tael had also been launched in Tanzania in September. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"My old man gave me the figures — it's 1, - 792,668 ounces in 298,778 five-tael bars.". From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Pao-yü; so that she still receives this tael in her capacity of maid to our worthy senior. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
June 26, 2008 at 5:43 pm seeryouslee giyz, i looked evereeware adn iz not dere. i has no tael. From Wordnik.com. [Head, shoulders… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Next, she proceeded to ask, how many girls there were with dowager lady Chia drawing one tael. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
"They're one tael each, be quick, and taste them;" she said; "they're not nice when they get cold!". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The weight of a tael is one and one-eighth ounces. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Each tael is worth ten reals when made into money. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Prices were as high as 29 million dong per tael in November. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
The silver is in lumps of one tael or more each, the tael being a. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma] Reference
You wantchee catch one piecee small baby, can catchee two, three tael. From Wordnik.com. [Across China on Foot] Reference
I must have three tael to-morrow, for this may cost me my job, and you know. From Wordnik.com. [The Shipwreck A Story for the Young] Reference
Three tsien two fen (thirty-two tael cents) was the highest I paid until I got to. From Wordnik.com. [Across China on Foot] Reference
Everyone knows that theoretically there are 2000 cash in the tael, each tael containing 20. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma] Reference
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