| 賣 | 186A40 11.80 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄇㄞˋ [mai4] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To sell: 賣出 sell out, opp. 買進 buy in; 賣不出，不了 cannot dispose of by selling; 賣不著 will not sell at low price; 賣與 (給) 某人 sell to s.o.; 賣價 selling price; 賣方 selling party in contract; 出賣 set for sale; 出賣朋友 betray friends (“friendship for sale”); 賣友求榮 sell, betray friends to obtain promotion; 賣國 [mai4guo2]↓; 賣臉 [mai4lian3]↓; 拍賣 (sell at) auction; 轉賣 sell to another party; 非賣品 not for sale; 賣妻鬻子 sell wife and children; 賣官鬻爵 sell official posts for a consideration; 賣字號 policy of maintaining good will of customers by refusing to sell inferior goods; 賣刀買犢，賣劍買牛 beat swords into ploughshares; 賣李鑽核 sell plums without kernel (making planting impossible)--a mean trick. (2) Be paid for in certain professions: 賣文 (為生) write for a living; 賣胳臂 “sell muscles,” i.e., make a living by manual labor; 賣藝不賣身 (of singsong profession) sell art but not body; 賣臉不賣身 sell looks, but not body; 賣技 be professional artist; 賣淫 be prostitute; 賣唱 be professional singer; 賣笑 “sell smiles,” be prostitute; 賣眼 attract by coquettish looks, glances; 賣人口 engage in white slave traffic. (3) Show off: esp. 賣弄 [mai4long4]↓; 賣風情，賣風流，賣俏 flirt; 賣乖 show off cleverness, good behavior; 賣人情 do s.t. for good will; 賣恩 sell favors in politics in return for support; 賣派頭，賣本事 show off skill; 賣野人頭 (derog.) exaggerate for show-off; 賣氣力，賣勁 (兒) put in extra energy in work; 賣 (個) 破綻 feint in combat to attract a thrust by opponent; 賣名 show off for publicity; 賣舌，賣嘴 show off forensic skill, indulge in clever talk. | |||||
| Words | 1. 賣卜 [mai4bu3], v.i., be fortuneteller. 2. 賣唱 (兒)的 [mai4chang4]([er0])[de1], n., professional (girl) singer at teahouse, etc. 3. 賣呆 (獃)(兒) [mai4dai1]([mai4da1er0]), v.i., (1) pretend not to understand, assume cloak of ignorance; (2) as in 倚門賣呆 (of woman) idle at house door. 4. 賣底 [mai4di3], phr., betray secret. 5. 賣放 [mai4fang4], phr., receive bribe and free prisoner. 6. 賣國 [mai4guo2], v.i., be traitor; v.i., 賣國賊 n., (abusive) traitor. 7. 賣主 [mai4zhu3], n., seller. 8. 賣絕 [mai4jUe2], n., sell outright, not on mortgage. 9. 賣臉 [mai4lian3], v.i., (1) disregard loss of face, take insults, etc.; (2) (of singsong artist) sell looks, not body. 10. 賣弄 [mai4long4], v.t., to show off skill, see V.t. 3↑. 11. 賣嚷嚷兒 [mai4rang2rang3er0], v.i., tell everybody (about affair, a scandal, grudge). | |||||