mài guāi

Traditional: 賣乖

卖乖 (mài guāi) is a Chinese word meaning “to show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by”.

Meanings

  1. 1to show off one's cleverness
  2. 2(of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by

Characters in 卖乖

卖mài · to sell乖guāi · (of a child) obedient, well-behaved

Related words

卖to sell乖(of a child) obedient, well-behaved出卖to offer for sale; to sell买卖to buy and sell买卖purchase and sale; transaction乖乖(of a child) well-behaved乖乖goodness gracious!拍卖to auction贩卖to sell卖力to work hard拍卖会auction卖淫prostitution

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