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  • China's nouveaux riches may now be known among their jealous neighbors as "moneybags" (dakuan), "big shots" (dawan) or "bigwigs" (daheng).

    The Foreign Devil's Dictionary 2010

  • Nkabinde was arrested during a pre-dawan security force swoop on his home.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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