buy, purchase; bribe, persuade
一寸光陰一寸金,寸金難買寸光陰 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn | lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom); fig. Time is precious and must be treasured. |
一錘子買賣 yī chuí zi mǎi mài | a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt |
代拿買特 dài ná mǎi tè | dynamite (loanword) |
倒買倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài | to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate |
做買賣 zuò mǎi mài | to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal |
公買公賣 gōng mǎi gōng mài | buying and selling at fair prices |
千金難買 qiān jīn nán mǎi | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) |
博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ | lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point; idiom mocking scholastic pomposity |
孟買 mèng mǎi | Mumbai (formerly Bombay) |
寸金難買寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn | An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.; Time is precious. |
強買強賣 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài | to force sb to buy or sell; to trade using coercion |
批量購買 pī liàng gòu mǎi | to buy in bulk; bulk buying |
投機買賣 tóu jī mǎi mài | buying and selling on speculation |
招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ | to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff |
採買 cǎi mǎi | to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer |
收買 shōu mǎi | to purchase; to bribe |
牙買加 yá mǎi jiā | Jamaica |
牙買加胡椒 yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo | Jamaican pepper; all-spice (Pimenta dioica) |
百思買 bǎi sī mǎi | Best Buy (retailer) |
置買 zhì mǎi | to purchase; to buy (usu. real estate) |
要買人心 yāo mǎi rén xīn | variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1] |
證券櫃檯買賣中心 zhèng quàn guì tái mǎi mài zhōng xīn | GreTai Securities Market (GTSM) |
買一送一 mǎi yī sòng yī | buy one, get one free; two for the price of one |
買不起 mǎi bu qǐ | cannot afford; can't afford buying |
買主 mǎi zhǔ | customer |