lit. to fry and sell on the spot; fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
trad. 現炒現賣
Also written 現炒現賣【xiàn chǎo xiàn mài】
Characters in this word
3现
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to appear, present, now, existing, current
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Traditional
- 現
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12659 of 2500
炒
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to sauté; to stir-fry, to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp, to hype up, to sack; to fire (sb)
- Pinyin
- chǎo
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3521 of 2500
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