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閥
Mandarin: fa2
Simplified: 阀
loanword
Definitions
  1. 1 powerful or influential individual, family or group
  2. 2 clique
  3. 3 (loanword) valve loanword
  4. 4 meritorious or distinguished family in feundal times
  5. 5 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 閥
門閥
the Great Families (dominant feudal clans during the medieval period)
北洋軍閥
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
財閥
a financial magnate, a tycoon
軍閥
warlord
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