(coll.) to play up one's misfortune to gain sympathy; to fish for pity
trad. 賣慘
Also written 賣慘【mài cǎn】
Characters in this word
2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
惨
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miserable, wretched, cruel, inhuman, disastrous, tragic, dim, gloomy
- Pinyin
- cǎn
- Traditional
- 慘
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4017 of 2500