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買地，房產 buy land, property;
買不起 cannot afford to buy;
買不了，不
，不到，不來 cannot buy;買進 buy in (goods), opp. 賣出 sell out;
買方 the buying party in a contract;
買櫝還珠 buy casket without the jewels;
買菜求益 (LL) always want some more for the price;
買路錢 pay for protection on journey from robber gangs.
(2) Pay bribe for: 買官，爵 pay bribe to obtain official post;
買上告下 bribe all the way through bureaucracy;
買關節 bribe the authorities concerned, see 買通 [mai3tong1]↓;
買囑 bribe official to order (s.t.).
(3) Cater to: 買名，買譽 cater to publicity by sordid methods.
(4) Pay for certain objects: 買笑 visit prostitutes (“pay for smiles ”);
買春，買醉 get a drinking spree;
買樂 pay for pleasures;
買人心 get people's support by money or political chicanery;
買臉 spend money to gain “face” (show-off);
買鄰 choose neighbors in buying land.
(5) Hire: 買舟，櫂 hire a boat.
2.買骨 [mai2gu3], v.t., make fervent quest for talent (allu.--if one could not find a thoroughbred, would be contented to buy its skeleton).
3.買好 [mai2hao3], v.t., try to secure good will, friendship, etc. of (person); try to please (person).
4.買主 [mai2zhu3], n., customer, buying party.
5.買客 [mai3ke4], n., customer at shops.
6.買空賣空 [mai3kong1mai4kong1], n. & v.i., speculate (-tion) on stock market, buy on margin.
7.買賣 [mai3mai4], n. & v.i., trade, buying and selling; 做買賣的 a merchant; 買賣道兒 (地兒) the trade profession; 買賣人口 slave traffic, also white slave traffic.
8.買山 [mai3shan1], v.i., (1) buy rural property; (2) live in retirement.
9.買通 [mai3tong1], v.t., pay bribe to (s.o.).