Read Edit View history 卖膏药 màigāoyao to sell snake oil Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 卖膏药/ 賣膏藥 màigāoyao (also màigāoyào) to sell snake oil to use flowery words to deceive people or palm off low-quality goods, as traveling quacks once did; also written as 卖狗皮膏药 màigǒupígāoyao Edit Delete 卖膏药/ 賣膏藥 màigāoyao (also màigāoyào) to keep someone in suspense to be deliberately vague or stop a story at a climax to tease the listener; same as 卖关子 màiguānzi Edit Delete References Add reference variant 卖膏药/賣膏藥 → 卖狗皮膏药/賣狗皮膏藥 Edit Delete same_as 卖膏药/賣膏藥 → 卖关子/賣關子 Edit Delete
卖膏药/ 賣膏藥 màigāoyao (also màigāoyào) to sell snake oil to use flowery words to deceive people or palm off low-quality goods, as traveling quacks once did; also written as 卖狗皮膏药 màigǒupígāoyao Edit Delete
卖膏药/ 賣膏藥 màigāoyao (also màigāoyào) to keep someone in suspense to be deliberately vague or stop a story at a climax to tease the listener; same as 卖关子 màiguānzi Edit Delete