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Character Decomposition
卖=十+买
Etymology
buy
Meanings
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt
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Words with 卖 379 total
to steal sth and sell it盗卖dào màito sell at marked price · to sell by tender标卖biāo màito peddle · to hawk (pirate goods)兜卖dōu màito offer for sale; to sell · to sell out; to betray出卖chū màito resell at a profit · to speculate倒卖dǎo màito hawk (one's wares) · to peddle叫卖jiào màito resell at a profit捣卖dǎo màito sell short (finance)卖空mài kōngto work hard · to do one's very best · to throw oneself into the task at hand卖力mài lìto work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away · to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)卖命mài mìngto show off · to make a display of卖弄mài nongto make money by selling sth卖钱mài qiánto prostitute oneself · to sell oneself into slavery卖身mài shēn
Idioms with 卖 70 total Chain
buying and selling at fair prices公买公卖gōng mǎi gōng màiselling horse-meat as beef steak · hang up a sheep's head and sell dog-meat · try to palm off something inferior to what it purports to be · sell the dog-meat under the label of the sheep's head · carry high-sounding but misleading names挂羊头，卖狗肉guà yáng tóu，mài gǒu ròulit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) · fig. to cheat · dishonest advertising · wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue挂羊头卖狗肉guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu
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