收买 (shōu mǎi) — to purchase (valuable or bulk items); to bribe (with money or favors to corrupt)
Definition
收买 (shōumǎi) has two distinct senses: ‘to purchase/buy up’ (bulk or valuable items, more literary than 购买 or 买) and ‘to bribe/buy off’ someone. For bribery, 贿赂 is the neutral noun; 收买 emphasizes winning someone over.
verb
to purchase (valuable or bulk items)to bribe (with money or favors to corrupt)
Examples
- 收买。Tā tōng guò pāi mài shì chǎng shōu mǎi le nà fú zhēn guì de yóu huà.He purchased that precious oil painting through the auction market.
- ，收买。Wèi le yíng dé bǐ sài, tā men shì tú yòng qián shōu mǎi cái pàn.To win the match, they tried to bribe the referee with money.
- 收买。Tā shōu mǎi le xǔ duō gǔ jí lái kuò chōng tú shū guǎn de guǎn cáng.He purchased many ancient books to expand the library‘s collection.
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