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  1. to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt

    trad. 賣

Also written 賣【mài】

More words

卖掉mài diào

to sell off

Common
卖命mài mìng

to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)

卖出mài chū

to sell; to reach (a price in an auction)

卖淫mài yín

prostitution; to prostitute oneself

卖力mài lì

to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand

卖完mài wán

to be sold out

卖家mài jiā

seller

卖点mài diǎn

selling point

卖身mài shēn

to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery

卖弄mài nong

to show off; to make a display of

卖国贼mài guó zéi

traitor

卖场mài chǎng

(big) store

卖艺mài yì

to earn a living by performing (typically in informal or public settings)

卖座mài zuò

(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers; popular with the paying public; high-grossing; number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)

卖主mài zhǔ

seller

卖乖mài guāi

to show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by

卖价mài jià

selling price

卖傻mài shǎ

to play stupid; to act like an idiot

卖卜mài bǔ

to do trade as a fortune teller

卖唱mài chàng

to sing for a living

卖国mài guó

to betray one's country

卖官mài guān

to grant government positions in exchange for bribes

卖惨mài cǎn

(coll.) to play up one's misfortune to gain sympathy; to fish for pity

卖方mài fāng

seller (in contracts)

卖春mài chūn

to engage in prostitution

卖相mài xiàng

outward appearance; demeanor

卖空mài kōng

(finance) to short sell

卖笑mài xiào

to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself

卖肉mài ròu

to sell meat; (slang) to sell sex

卖萌mài méng

(slang) to act cute

卖钱mài qián

to make money by selling sth

卖光了mài guāng le

to be sold out; to be out of stock

卖关子mài guān zi

(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense; (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks

卖关节mài guān jié

to solicit a bribe; to accept a bribe

卖力气mài lì qi

to make a living doing manual labor; to give sth all one's got

卖本事mài běn shì

to flaunt a skill; to give display to one's ability; to show off a feat; to vaunt one's tricks

卖淫女mài yín nǚ

prostitute; hooker

卖炭翁Mài Tàn Wēng

The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]

卖破绽mài pò zhàn

to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)

卖苦力mài kǔ lì

to make a hard living as unskilled laborer

卖身契mài shēn qì

contract selling a person into servitude

卖面子mài miàn zi

to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)

卖风流mài fēng liú

to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly

卖国主义mài guó zhǔ yì

treason

卖官鬻爵mài guān yù jué

(idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes

卖方市场mài fāng shì chǎng

seller's market