买账 (mǎi zhàng) — (colloquial) to buy into, to accept, to acknowledge (usually in negative constructions)

Definición

Used almost only in the negative: 不买账 means 'not buy it / not accept / not go for it'. The '账' is figurative — no actual buying is involved.

verb
(colloquial) to buy intoto acceptto acknowledge (usually in negative constructions)

Ejemplos

  • 买账
    Tā shuō de huà méi rén mǎi zhàng.
    Nobody buys what he says.
  • Lǎo bǎn bù mǎi zhàng, wǒ men yě méi bàn fǎ.
    The boss doesn't accept it, so we can't do anything.
  • Tā de biǎo yǎn guān zhòng bù mǎi zhàng.
    The audience didn't buy his performance.

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