See ten-thousandaire on Wiktionary
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"text": "After this interjection, however, the stage is turned back over to the young woman, and she ends her story a few lines later on a utopian note: “We’ve been ten-thousandaires for three years running now, so going to Shenzhen is nothing; it wouldn’t even be a big deal for us to go to America . . . Passport or no passport, we’re poor and lower middle peasants; we’ve got thousands and thousands of dollars and we can go any old place we please” (89/137).",
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