卖关子 mài guān zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling)
  2. to keep people on tenterhooks

CHARACTERS

卖 mài
HSK 2
sell; betray; show off
关 guān
HSK 1
frontier pass; close; relation
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch