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甩卖 (shuǎi mài) — to sell at heavily discounted prices; to have a clearance sale

Definition

verb
to sell at heavily discounted pricesto have a clearance sale

Examples

  • 甩卖。
    Zhè jiā shāng diàn zhèng zài shuǎi mài yī fu.
    This store is having a clearance sale on clothes.
  • 甩卖，。
    Shāng chǎng shuǎi mài, hěn duō shāng pǐn dōu dǎ zhé.
    The mall is having a clearance sale; many items are discounted.
  • ，甩卖。
    Tā yào bān jiā, jué dìng bǎ jiù jiā jù shuǎi mài diào.
    He's moving and decided to sell off his old furniture at clearance prices.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

甩shuǎithrow off
卖màisell

The 甩 sense of throwing off combines with 卖 selling to mean dumping goods at low prices.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 甩 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賣; 卖 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 賣 came from an older shape that joined 出 (go out) with 買 (buy), which gives the sound. The simplified 卖 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 卖 →
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