囤积居奇 (tún jī jū qí) — to hoard goods and corner the market (for profiteering)
Definition
A formal chengyu meaning to hoard goods and drive up prices for profit, used of unethical business behavior. Strongly negative, like 'to profiteer by hoarding'.
idiom
to hoard goods and corner the market (for profiteering)
Examples
- ,囤积居奇。Zhàn zhēng qī jiān, yì xiē shāng rén kào tún jī jū qí fā le hèng cái.During the war, some businessmen profiteered by hoarding and cornering the market.
- 囤积居奇。Zhèng fǔ yán lì dǎ jī yì qíng qī jiān de tún jī jū qí xíng wéi.The government cracks down hard on hoarding and market manipulation during the epidemic.
- 囤积居奇，。Tā men lì yòng wù zī duǎn quē de jī huì tún jī jū qí, yǐn qǐ gōng fèn.They took advantage of the material shortage to hoard and corner the market, arousing public anger.
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