Entry
  1. to engage in speculation and profiteering

    trad. 投機倒把

Also written 投機倒把【tóu jī dǎo bǎ】

Characters in this word

4
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to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc), to cast (a ballot), to cast (a glance, a shadow etc), to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine), to send (a letter, a manuscript etc), to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide), to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of, (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

Pinyin
tóu
Strokes
7
Frequency
3391 of 2500
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to hold; to grasp, to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate, handlebar, classifier: handful, bundle, bunch, classifier for things with handles, (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})

Pinyin
Strokes
7
Frequency
34 of 2500