(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense; (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
trad. 賣關子
Also written 賣關子【mài guān zi】
Characters in this word
3卖
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to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt
- Pinyin
- mài
- Traditional
- 賣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 805 of 2500
关
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guān
- Traditional
- 關
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1629 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500