卖男鬻女 — “Sell boys and sell girls”
卖男鬻女 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to sell one's sons and daughters (due to extreme poverty or desperate circumstances); to be forced to sell one's children”. Literally, “Sell boys and sell girls”.
卖男鬻女 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 卖
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- mài卖guāi乖nòng弄qiào俏show off cleverness and feign charm
- mài卖qiào俏yǐ倚mén门flaunt charm to solicit customers
- mài卖qiào俏yíng营jiān奸use charm to commit wickedness
- mài卖qiào俏xíng行jiān奸flaunt charms and commit adultery
- mài卖qiào俏yíng迎jiān奸flirt to entice illicit acts
- mài卖ér儿tiē贴fù妇sell children and wife due to poverty
- mài卖gōng公yíng营sī私betray public trust for private gain
- mài卖dāo刀mǎi买niú牛abandon conflict for peaceful work
- mài卖dāo刀mǎi买dú犊give up fighting for farming
- mài卖jiàn剑mǎi买niú牛abandon fighting for peaceful farming
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What does 卖男鬻女 mean?
卖男鬻女 (mài nán yù nǚ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to sell one's sons and daughters (due to extreme poverty or desperate circumstances); to be forced to sell one's children”.
How do you pronounce 卖男鬻女?
卖男鬻女 is pronounced mài nán yù nǚ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 卖男鬻女 literally mean?
Literally, 卖男鬻女 means “Sell boys and sell girls”. It is used to mean “to sell one's sons and daughters (due to extreme poverty or desperate circumstances); to be forced to sell one's children”.
What is the Chinese definition of 卖男鬻女?
指因生活所迫而出卖自己的儿女。