善賈而沽
shàn​jià'ér​gū

to wait for a good price to sell

  • created sense approved 善贾而沽/善賈而沽 · shàn​jià'ér​gū · to wait for a good price to sell — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    善贾而沽 / 善賈而沽

    shàn​jià'ér​gū

    to wait for a good price to sell

    to wait for a good price before selling; metaphorically refers to a person of talent waiting for the right opportunity to use their skills or enter public service

    shàn​gǔ'ér​gū

    善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · properly 贾 (literal) → 贾/賈 · gǔ · to sell 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 沽 (literal) → 沽 · gū · to sell

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

    created sense