mǎi mài
buying and selling
business
business transactions
CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
mǎi zhàng
variant of 買帳|买帐[mai3 zhang4]
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
fig. to expand business
to recruit new staff
mǎi dān
to pay the restaurant bill
mǎi bu qǐ
cannot afford
can't afford buying
mǎi jìn
to purchase
to buy in (goods)
mǎi duàn
to buy out
buyout
severance
mǎi huí
to buy back
to redeem
repurchase
bù mǎi zhàng
not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior
not to believe sth
don't buy it (slang)
zuò mǎi mài
to buy and sell
to do business
to trade
to deal
mǎi guān
to buy a title
to use wealth to acquire office
pī liàng gòu mǎi
to buy in bulk
bulk buying
qiān jīn nán mǎi
can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài
to force sb to buy or sell
to trade using coercion
mǎi zhàng
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
to accept (a version of events)
to buy it
mǎi dú huán zhū
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
to show poor judgement (idiom)
dǎo mǎi dǎo mài
to buy and sell at a profit
to speculate
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
Time is precious.
mǎi sòng
to buy groceries (Cantonese)
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money can't buy you time (common saying); Time is precious and must be treasured.
mǎi kōng mài kōng
to speculate
to play the market
(fig.) to sell hot air
to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
tóu jī mǎi mài
buying and selling on speculation
zhì mǎi
to purchase
to buy (usu. real estate)
mǎi miàn zi
to allow sb to save face
to defer to
bó shì mǎi lǘ
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
gōng mǎi gōng mài
buying and selling at fair prices
mǎi xiào zhuī huān
lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
Yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo
Jamaican pepper
all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú
money can't buy happiness
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