贩交买名 — “To betray friends for personal gain or fame”
贩交买名 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to betray friends for personal gain or fame”. To sell out one's friendships for profit or a good reputation. Literally, “Sell friendships, buy fame”.
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贩交买名 Pronunciation and Pinyin
贩交买名 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 贩交买名
他为了自己的前途，不惜贩交买名，最终众叛亲离。
For the sake of his own career, he did not hesitate to betray his friends for personal gain, eventually alienating everyone.
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Synonyms of 贩交买名
More idioms starting with 贩
- fàn贩fū夫sú俗zi子peddlers and common folk
- fàn贩fū夫zào皁lì隶humble commoners and low-ranking laborers
- fàn贩fū夫zào皂lì隶people of low social status
- fàn贩fū夫fàn贩fù妇small traders and peddlers
- fàn贩fū夫zǒu走zú卒small tradesmen and menials
- fàn贩fū夫zōu驺zú卒people of humble or low social status
- fàn贩guān官yù鬻jué爵sell government posts and titles
- fàn贩jiàn贱mài卖guì贵buy cheap and sell dear
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What does 贩交买名 mean?
贩交买名 (fàn jiāo mǎi míng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to betray friends for personal gain or fame”.
How do you pronounce 贩交买名?
贩交买名 is pronounced fàn jiāo mǎi míng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 贩交买名 literally mean?
Literally, 贩交买名 means “Sell friendships, buy fame”. It is used to mean “to betray friends for personal gain or fame”.
What is the Chinese definition of 贩交买名?
指卖友求荣。