倒卖
倒卖倒賣 dǎo mài ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄞˋ dou2 maai6 HSK 7-9
- to resell at a profit
- to speculate
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More words with these characters
倒
- 倒下 dǎo xià ㄉㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ dou2 haa6 to collapse
- 倒塌 dǎo tā ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄚ dou2 taap3 to collapse (of building)
- 倒数倒數 dào shǔ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˇ dou3 sou3 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
- 倒是 dào shi ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄕ dou3 si6 contrary to what one might expect
- 倒楣 dǎo méi ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]
- 倒车倒車 dǎo chē ㄉㄠˇ ㄔㄜ dou2 ce1 to change buses, trains etc
卖
- 出卖出賣 chū mài ㄔㄨ ㄇㄞˋ ceot1 maai6 to offer for sale; to sell
- 外卖外賣 wài mài ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄞˋ ngoi6 maai6 (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
- 拍卖拍賣 pāi mài ㄆㄞ ㄇㄞˋ paak3 maai6 to auction
- 贩卖販賣 fàn mài ㄈㄢˋ ㄇㄞˋ faan3 maai6 to sell
- 买卖買賣 mǎi mài ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄞˋ maai5 maai6 to buy and sell
- 卖座賣座 mài zuò ㄇㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ maai6 zo6 (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers
Idioms with these characters
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ bun2 mut6 dou2 zi3 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē ㄉㄠˋ ㄔˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄜ dou2 ci4 taai3 aa3 lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄧ ㄆㄚˊ dou2 daa2 jat1 paa4 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˋ ㄕ dou3 hang4 jik6 si1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
- 倒悬之急倒懸之急 dào xuán zhī jí ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˊ dou3 jyun4 zi1 gap1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 卖官鬻爵賣官鬻爵 mài guān yù jué ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ (idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
- 生炒热卖生炒熱賣 shēng chǎo rè mài ㄕㄥ ㄔㄠˇ ㄖㄜˋ ㄇㄞˋ saang1 caau2 jit6 maai6 to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
- 讨好卖乖討好賣乖 tǎo hǎo mài guāi ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞ tou2 hou2 maai6 gwaai1 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
- 倚老卖老倚老賣老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo ㄧˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄠˇ ji2 lou5 maai6 lou5 (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
- 砸锅卖铁砸鍋賣鐵 zá guō mài tiě ㄗㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄇㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ zaap3 wo1 maai6 tit3 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)