to flaunt a skill; to give display to one's ability; to show off a feat; to vaunt one's tricks
trad. 賣本事
Also written 賣本事【mài běn shì】
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
本
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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- Pinyin
- běn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 799 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500