At that time the cast ingot shape is a saddle, two arcs, the middle waist, and the gold and silver collar is very similar in shape.

当时所铸元宝形呈马鞍，两端圆弧，中间束腰，在形制上与南宋和金的银铤十分相近。

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Immediately to the New Year, wish you a backgammon, in one hand and a red envelope, with a gold ingot, pleasant goat, a blessing, good line thousands of miles, happiness all older.

新年马上到，祝你步步高，一手拿红包，一手金元宝，一路喜洋洋，一身福气罩，好事行千里，幸福万年长。

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Jiaozi is oblate, similar in design to a shoe-shaped gold or silver ingot in ancient times.

饺子是扁圆的，它设计到类似于古代的一个形似金或银的锭子。

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There's no marginal utility in warehoused gold although I guess you can make an ingot into a door stop.

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