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"Coin of the realm" nghĩa là gì?
03 Oct, 2020
"Coin of the realm" = đồng xu của vương quốc -> nghĩa là tiền tệ của một quốc gia, nghĩa khác là điều gì có giá trị trong khu vực/lĩnh vực cụ thể.
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In time, its catch phrase “disruptive innovation” became the coin of the realm for the digital economy and a mantra (thần chú) for aspiring start-ups anxious to shake up the world and get rich doing so.
Maqbool Khan’s Khaali Peeli is set in the Mumbai that we often encounter in the movies – the rough-and-tough megapolis that’s actually as small as a village, where swagger (vênh váo) is the real coin of the realm.
I grew up in a Southern religious tradition where gospel (phúc âm) music was the coin of the realm. The grownups in that little Alabama church believed that the “fair and happy land” in their sights was heaven. This was as real a place as Canaan, that original Promised Land. As real as Alabama, but better.
In short, in great-power competition, force is the coin of the realm. The problem with contemporary (đương thời) competition, Middendorf notes, is that “[t]imes have changed.” China is on a path to challenge the United States for number one.
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