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卖 (Trad.: 賣)
Pinyin: mài
English Definition: to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
Chinese Definition:
①拿东西换钱，与“买”相对：卖菜。卖身。买卖。卖方。卖狗皮膏药(喻说得好听，实际上是骗人)。
②背叛祖国、亲友或自己的良心：卖友，卖国求荣。卖身投靠。
③尽量使出力气：卖力。卖命。卖劲儿。
④显示自己，表现自己：卖弄。卖乖。倚老卖老。
⑤售销买。
Antonyms: 买
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 十
Pictophonetic: 买 indicates the sound; 买 (buy) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 十 [ shí ] ten, tenth; complete; perfect
    • 买 [ mǎi ] to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
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买卖 mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers: 桩
拍卖 pāi mài to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
出卖 chū mài to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray
贩卖 fàn mài to sell; to peddle; to traffic
拐卖 guǎi mài human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell
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