tún jī jū qí

Traditional: 囤積居奇

囤积居奇 (tún jī jū qí) is a Chinese word meaning “to hoard and profiteer; to speculate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to hoard and profiteer
  2. 2to speculate

Characters in 囤积居奇

囤dùn · bin for grain积jī · to amass; to accumulate; to store up居jī · (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude奇jī · odd (number)

Related words

奇怪strange居然unexpectedly邻居neighbor奇odd (number)奇strange奇迹miracle; wonder; marvel奇迹variant of 奇蹟|奇迹[qi2 ji4]神奇magical好奇inquisitive传奇legendary积极active居民resident; inhabitant

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