cowries

Pen,ink,paper,stoneink are called cowries of book-room.

笔、墨、纸、砚被称为文房四宝。

The ideograph for price () is derived by putting man (), the buyer against the seller (), , the seller, marks up the price to cover his goods () with value in cowries ().

价：此字为表意文字，把一个买者（）与卖者（）相结合，即“”。卖者总会对自己的物品（）按照子安贝（）的价格进行标价，即“”。

The ideograph for price ()is derived by putting man (),the buyer against the seller (),,the seller,marks up the price to cover ()his goods with value in cowries ().

价：此字为表意文字，把一个买者()与卖者()相结合，即""。卖者总会对自己的物品（）按照子安贝（）的价格进行标价，即""。

Stephen's embarrassed hand moved over the shells heaped in the cold stone mortar: whelks and money, cowries and leopard shells: and this, whorled as an emir's turban, and this, the scallop of Saint James.

斯蒂芬那双尴尬的手抚摩着堆在冰冷的石钵里的贝壳，蛾螺、子安贝、豹贝，这个有螺纹的像是酋长的头巾，还有这个圣詹姆斯的扇贝[45]。

family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries.

由宝贝科宝贝组成的海腹足动物科动物。

type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries.

宝贝科的模式属；一种典型的宝贝科宝贝。