卖狗皮膏药
mài​gǒu​pí​gāo​yao

to sell quack remedies

  • created sense approved 卖狗皮膏药/賣狗皮膏藥 · mài​gǒu​pí​gāo​yao · to sell quack remedies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖狗皮膏药 / 賣狗皮膏藥

    mài​gǒu​pí​gāo​yao

    to sell quack remedies

    to palm things off on others using flowery language; to use deceptive talk or tricks to cheat people

    mài​gǒu​pí​gāo​yào

    卖, 狗皮膏药

    卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 狗皮 (literal) → 狗皮 · gǒu​pí · low-quality 膏药 (literal) → 膏药/膏藥 · gāo​yao · medicated plaster

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense