every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
垄断贩卖壟斷販賣long3 duan4 fan4 mai4
monopoly
掠卖掠賣lve4 mai4
to press-gang sb and sell into slavery
掠卖华工掠賣華工lve4 mai4 hua2 gong1
Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
买官卖官買官賣官mai3 guan1 mai4 guan1
buying and selling of official positions
买空卖空買空賣空mai3 kong1 mai4 kong1
to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air; to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
买卖買賣mai3 mai4
buying and selling; business; business transactions
卖本事賣本事mai4 ben3 shi4
to flaunt a skill; to give display to one's ability; to show off a feat; to vaunt one's tricks
卖卜賣卜mai4 bu3
to do trade as a fortune teller
卖场賣場mai4 chang3
market; store; mall (usually specializing in a particular product category such as furniture)
卖出賣出mai4 chu1
to sell; to reach (a price in an auction)
卖春賣春mai4 chun1
to engage in prostitution
卖点賣點mai4 dian3
selling point
卖掉賣掉mai4 diao4
to sell off; to get rid of in a sale
卖方賣方mai4 fang1
seller (in contracts)
卖风流賣風流mai4 feng1 liu2
to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly
卖关节賣關節mai4 guan1 jie2
to solicit a bribe; to accept a bribe
卖关子賣關子mai4 guan1 zi5
to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling); to keep people on tenterhooks
卖光了賣光了mai4 guang1 le5
to be sold out; to be out of stock
卖国賣國mai4 guo2
to sell one's country; treason
卖国贼賣國賊mai4 guo2 zei2
traitor
卖国主义賣國主義mai4 guo2 zhu3 yi4
treason
卖家賣家mai4 jia1
seller
卖价賣價mai4 jia4
selling price
卖空賣空mai4 kong1
to sell short (finance)
卖苦力賣苦力mai4 ku3 li4
to make a hard living as unskilled laborer
卖力賣力mai4 li4
to really put out energy for
卖力气賣力氣mai4 li4 qi5
to make a living doing manual labor; to give sth all one's got
卖萌賣萌mai4 meng2
(slang) to act cute
卖面子賣面子mai4 mian4 zi5
to obsequiously bequeath favors on behalf of another; to give face to sb by doing favors on their behalf; to curry favor for a third party; to intercede on another's behalf
卖命賣命mai4 ming4
to throw one's life in for; to haplessly give one's life for; to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group; to pour in one's utmost effort; to shed one's last ounce of strength for
卖弄賣弄mai4 nong5
to show off; to make a display of
卖破绽賣破綻mai4 po4 zhan4
to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
卖肉賣肉mai4 rou4
butcher; meat merchant
卖肉者賣肉者mai4 rou4 zhe3
butcher
卖傻賣傻mai4 sha3
to play stupid; to act like an idiot
卖身賣身mai4 shen1
to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery
卖炭翁賣炭翁mai4 tan4 weng1
The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
卖完賣完mai4 wan2
to be sold out
卖相賣相mai4 xiang4
outward appearance; demeanor
卖笑賣笑mai4 xiao4
to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
卖淫賣淫mai4 yin2
prostitution; to prostitute oneself
卖主賣主mai4 zhu3
seller
卖座賣座mai4 zuo4
(of a movie, show etc) to attract large audiences
拍卖拍賣pai1 mai4
to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
拍卖会拍賣會pai1 mai4 hui4
auction
拍卖商拍賣商pai1 mai4 shang1
auctioneer; auction house
叛卖叛賣pan4 mai4
to betray
强买强卖強買強賣qiang3 mai3 qiang3 mai4
to force sb to buy or sell; to trade using coercion
清仓大甩卖清倉大甩賣qing1 cang1 da4 shuai3 mai4
clearance sale; fire sale
热炒热卖熱炒熱賣re4 chao3 re4 mai4
lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned; enthusiasm of the new convert
热卖熱賣re4 mai4
hot selling; best seller
热卖品熱賣品re4 mai4 pin3
hot-selling property
烧卖燒賣shao1 mai4
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒麥|烧麦
生炒热卖生炒熱賣sheng1 chao3 re4 mai4
to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
售卖售賣shou4 mai4
to sell
甩卖甩賣shuai3 mai4
to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
私卖私賣si1 mai4
to sell illicitly; to bootleg; to sell privately
讨好卖乖討好賣乖tao3 hao3 mai4 guai1
to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
特卖特賣te4 mai4
to have a sale; sale
特卖会特賣會te4 mai4 hui4
promotional event; sale
投机买卖投機買賣tou2 ji1 mai3 mai4
buying and selling on speculation
外卖外賣wai4 mai4
to go; take out (relates to food bought at a restaurant)