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賣不出，不了 cannot dispose of by selling;
賣不著 will not sell at low price;
賣與 (給) 某人 sell to s.o.;
賣價 selling price;
賣方 selling party in contract;
出賣 set for sale;
出賣朋友 betray friends (“friendship for sale”);
賣友求榮 sell, betray friends to obtain promotion;
賣國 [mai4guo2]↓;
賣臉 [mai4lian3]↓;
拍賣 (sell at) auction;
轉賣 sell to another party;
非賣品 not for sale;
賣妻鬻子 sell wife and children;
賣官鬻爵 sell official posts for a consideration;
賣字號 policy of maintaining good will of customers by refusing to sell inferior goods;
賣刀買犢，賣劍買牛 beat swords into ploughshares;
賣李鑽核 sell plums without kernel (making planting impossible)--a mean trick.
(2) Be paid for in certain professions: 賣文 (為生) write for a living;
賣胳臂 “sell muscles,” i.e., make a living by manual labor;
賣藝不賣身 (of singsong profession) sell art but not body;
賣臉不賣身 sell looks, but not body;
賣技 be professional artist;
賣淫 be prostitute;
賣唱 be professional singer;
賣笑 “sell smiles,” be prostitute;
賣眼 attract by coquettish looks, glances;
賣人口 engage in white slave traffic.
(3) Show off: esp. 賣弄 [mai4long4]↓;
賣風情，賣風流，賣俏 flirt;
賣乖 show off cleverness, good behavior;
賣人情 do s.t. for good will;
賣恩 sell favors in politics in return for support;
賣派頭，賣本事 show off skill;
賣野人頭 (derog.) exaggerate for show-off;
賣氣力，賣勁 (兒) put in extra energy in work;
賣 (個) 破綻 feint in combat to attract a thrust by opponent;
賣名 show off for publicity;
賣舌，賣嘴 show off forensic skill, indulge in clever talk.
2.賣唱 (兒)的 [mai4chang4]([er0])[de1], n., professional (girl) singer at teahouse, etc.
3.賣呆 (獃)(兒) [mai4dai1]([mai4da1er0]), v.i., (1) pretend not to understand, assume cloak of ignorance; (2) as in 倚門賣呆 (of woman) idle at house door.
4.賣底 [mai4di3], phr., betray secret.
5.賣放 [mai4fang4], phr., receive bribe and free prisoner.
6.賣國 [mai4guo2], v.i., be traitor; v.i., 賣國賊 n., (abusive) traitor.
7.賣主 [mai4zhu3], n., seller.
8.賣絕 [mai4jUe2], n., sell outright, not on mortgage.
9.賣臉 [mai4lian3], v.i., (1) disregard loss of face, take insults, etc.; (2) (of singsong artist) sell looks, not body.
10.賣弄 [mai4long4], v.t., to show off skill, see V.t. 3↑.
11.賣嚷嚷兒 [mai4rang2rang3er0], v.i., tell everybody (about affair, a scandal, grudge).