买卖
mǎi mài
Pinyin

Definition

买卖
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mǎi mài
  1. buying and selling
  2. business
  3. business transactions
  4. CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],次[cì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

买
mǎi
  1. 1 to buy
  2. 2 to purchase
卖
mài
  1. 1 to sell
  2. 2 to betray
  3. 3 to spare no effort
  4. 4 to show off or flaunt
出卖
chū mài
  1. 1 to offer for sale
  2. 2 to sell
  3. 3 to sell out or betray
外卖
wài mài
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 take out (relates to food bought at a restaurant)
专卖
zhuān mài
  1. 1 monopoly
  2. 2 exclusive right to trade
拍卖
pāi mài
  1. 1 to auction
  2. 2 auction sale
  3. 3 to sell at a reduced price
热卖
rè mài
  1. 1 to sell strongly
  2. 2 to be in great demand
特卖
tè mài
  1. 1 to have a sale
  2. 2 sale
买入
mǎi rù
  1. 1 to buy (finance)
买单
mǎi dān
  1. 1 to pay the restaurant bill
买好
mǎi hǎo
  1. 1 to ingratiate oneself
买家
mǎi jiā
  1. 1 buyer
  2. 2 client
买票
mǎi piào
  1. 1 to buy tickets
  2. 2 (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
买卖
mǎi mài
  1. 1 buying and selling
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 business transactions
  4. 4 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],次[cì]
卖出
mài chū
  1. 1 to sell
  2. 2 to reach (a price in an auction)
卖场
mài chǎng
  1. 1 market
  2. 2 store
  3. 3 mall (usually specializing in a particular product category such as furniture)
卖家
mài jiā
  1. 1 seller
卖掉
mài diào
  1. 1 to sell off
  2. 2 to get rid of in a sale
卖淫
mài yín
  1. 1 prostitution
  2. 2 to prostitute oneself
卖相
mài xiàng
  1. 1 outward appearance
  2. 2 demeanor

Idioms (14)

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
  1. 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. 2 Time is precious.
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
挂羊头卖狗肉
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu
  1. 1 lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cheat
  3. 3 dishonest advertising
  4. 4 wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
生炒热卖
shēng chǎo rè mài
  1. 1 to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
  1. 1 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸
Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
装疯卖傻
zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
  1. 1 to play the fool (idiom)
  2. 2 to feign madness
讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi
  1. 1 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
买椟还珠
mǎi dú huán zhū
  1. 1 to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
  2. 2 to show poor judgment (idiom)
买笑追欢
mǎi xiào zhuī huān
  1. 1 lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
  2. 2 abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他使了一点手段，就把土地买卖纠纷这么复杂的问题解决了，真厉害！
tā shǐ le yīdiǎn shǒuduàn ，jiù bǎ tǔdì mǎimài jiūfēn zhème fùzá de wèntí jiějué le ，zhēn lìhai ！
By using a bit of strategy, he solved the complex land sale dispute, how amazing!
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你知道黄金是最保值的买卖商品吗？钞票、股票、硬币本身都是没有价值的，只是纸、便宜金属而已，他们的价值是虚的。
nǐ zhīdào huángjīn shì zuì bǎozhí de mǎimài shāngpǐn ma ？chāopiào 、gǔpiào 、yìngbì běnshēn dōu shì méiyǒu jiàzhí de ，zhǐshì zhǐ 、piányi jīnshǔ éryǐ ，tāmen de jiàzhí shì xū de 。
Don't you know that gold is the trading item that preserves value the best? Banknotes, shares and coins have no inherent value, they're only paper and cheap metal. They're value is illusory.
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你的意思是说，我可以买卖黄金，同时也可以用黄金去换货品？
nǐ de yìsi shì shuō ，wǒ kěyǐ mǎimài huángjīn ，tóngshí yě kěyǐ yòng huángjīn qù huàn huòpǐn ？
You mean, I can trade in gold and at the same time exchange gold for goods?
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啊？象牙买卖不是合法的吗？
ā ？xiàngyá mǎimài bùshì héfǎ de ma ？
What? Isn't buying and selling ivory legal?
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是啊，合法是合法。但我听新闻说其实象牙证件本身的买卖已经形成了一个小黑市。大多数的经销店根本就不提供收藏证，近一半店面以“费时、高成本”等理由主动建议消费者不要收藏证。
shìa ，héfǎ shì héfǎ 。dàn wǒ tīng xīnwén shuō qíshí xiàngyá zhèngjiàn běnshēn de mǎimài yǐjīng xíngchéng le yī gè xiǎo hēishì 。dàduōshù de jīngxiāodiàn gēnběn jiù bù tígōng shōucáng zhèng ，jìn yībàn diànmiàn yǐ “fèi shí 、gāo chéngběn ”děng lǐyóu zhǔdòng jiànyì xiāofèizhě bù yào shōucáng zhèng 。
It is, but that's not the real issue. I heard from the news that the truth of the matter is that the buying and selling of ivory certificates has become a black market. The majority of the vendors simply don't provide collector's certificates, and nearly half of the storefronts make use of reasons like “it's time consuming” or “it costs a lot” to encourage collectors not to demand a collector's certificate.
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也对。这可以给大家一个警示。没有买卖就没有杀害。我看电视上那些猎杀动物的视频，觉得人类真是太残忍。
yě duì 。zhè kěyǐ gěi dàjiā yī gè jǐngshì 。méiyǒu mǎimài jiù méiyǒu shāhài 。wǒ kàn diànshì shàng nàxiē liè shā dòngwù de shìpín ，juéde rénlèi zhēn shì tài cánrěn 。
That's true. This can be a warning to everyone. Not engaging in the trade is not causing murder. I've seen videos of poachers hunting and killing animals on TV. I think humans are so cruel.
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但是反过来，万一楼市崩盘，房价大跌，金融机构也不可能做赔本的买卖，他们也要考虑风险的。
dànshì fǎnguòlái ，wànyī lóushì bēngpán ，fángjià dà diē ，jīnróng jīgòu yě bùkěnéng zuò péiběn de mǎimài ，tāmen yě yào kǎolǜ fēngxiǎn de 。
But on the other hand, what if the housing market collapses and prices plummet? Financial institutions can't take losses buying and selling property. They also need to consider the risks carefully.
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买卖
mǎimài
trading
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他是做买卖的。
tā shì zuò mǎimài de 。
He does trading.
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很多啊。最主要是市场不熟悉这种模式，所以没生意，公司一直在烧钱。但互联网发展得很快，大家很快就开始尝试电子商务了。而且我们能把国内外的买卖双方连接起来，确实给他们带来了好处。
hěn duō a 。zuì zhǔyào shì shìchǎng bù shúxī zhèzhǒng móshì ，suǒyǐ méi shēngyi ，gōngsī yīzhí zài shāoqián 。dàn hùliánwǎng fāzhǎn de hěn kuài ，dàjiā hěn kuài jiù kāishǐ chángshì diànzǐ shāngwù le 。érqiě wǒmen néng bǎ guónèiwài de mǎimài shuāngfāng liánjiē qǐlai ，quèshí gěi tāmen dàilái le hǎochu 。
There were many. The main thing was that the market was not accustomed to this kind of model, therefore there was no business. The company kept burning up money. But the internet developed very quickly, and soon afterward, everyone started giving e-commerce a try. Furthermore, we were able to link up merchants both at home and abroad. This definitely was of benefit to them.
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