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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"word": "壞賬"
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"roman": "huàizhàng",
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"word": "utang buruk"
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"word": "nợ xấu"
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"word": "壞賬"
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"word": "luottotappio"
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"tags": [
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"word": "créance douteuse"
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
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"sense": "unrecoverable debt",
"word": "nợ xấu"
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