Definition
买账 is a colloquial verb meaning 'to accept someone's authority' or 'to acknowledge someone's superiority'. It is almost always used in the negative: 不买账 means 'not to buy into it, not to be impressed'. This entry is a variant of 买帐.
v
(colloquial) to buy intoto acceptto acknowledge (usually in negative constructions)
Examples
- 买账。Tā shuō de huà méi rén mǎi zhàng.Nobody buys what he says.
- ，。Lǎobǎn bù mǎi zhàng, wǒmen yě méi bànfǎ.The boss doesn't accept it, so we can't do anything.
- 。Tā de biǎoyǎn guānzhòng bù mǎi zhàng.The audience didn't buy his performance.
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