卖乖 màiguāi to show off Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 卖乖 賣乖 mài//guāi to show off To flaunt one's cleverness or show off how smart one is to act hard done by To pretend to be aggrieved or to have suffered a loss even after receiving a clear benefit; often used in the phrase 得了便宜还卖乖 délepiányiháimàiguāi to curry favor To try to please others with flattering words or behavior to gain favor or attention Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.433 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
卖乖 賣乖 mài//guāi to show off To flaunt one's cleverness or show off how smart one is to act hard done by To pretend to be aggrieved or to have suffered a loss even after receiving a clear benefit; often used in the phrase 得了便宜还卖乖 délepiányiháimàiguāi to curry favor To try to please others with flattering words or behavior to gain favor or attention Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.433 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
