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抛售 (pāo shòu) — to sell off in large quantities, often at a low price; to dump

Definition

verb
to sell off in large quantitiesoften at a low priceto dump

Examples

  • 抛售。
    Tóu zī zhě dà liàng pāo shòu gǔ piào.
    Investors sold off a large number of stocks.
  • 抛售。
    Gōng sī yóu yú zī jīn duǎn quē ér pāo shòu kù cún.
    The company dumped inventory due to a cash shortage.
  • 抛售。
    Tā men yǐ dī jià pāo shòu le dà liàng shāng pǐn.
    They sold off a large amount of goods at low 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.

抛pāothrow
售shòusell

抛 suggests throwing out goods, and 售 means selling, describing a quick sell-off or dump.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 拋; 抛 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 拋, not 抛, shows 手 (hand), 尤, and 力 (power).

Open 抛 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 售 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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