Definition
倒卖 means to resell goods at a profit, often in an illegal or unethical manner — like scalping concert tickets or reselling scarce goods at inflated prices. It carries a negative legal connotation; in China, certain forms of 倒卖 are prohibited by law.
v.
to scalpto profiteer by reselling (often illegally)
Examples
- 倒卖。Tā yīnwèi dǎo mài yǎnchànghuì ménpiào bèi jǐngchá zhuā le.He was caught by the police for scalping concert tickets.
- ，倒卖，。Yìqíng qījiān, yǒurén dǎo mài kǒuzhào, zhuàn le hěn duō qián.During the pandemic, some people resold masks at a profit and made a lot of money.
- 倒卖。dǎo mài wénwù shì wéifǎ de xíngwéi.Reselling cultural relics is illegal.
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