qí​huò​kě​jū

rare commodity worth hoarding

  • created sense approved 奇货可居/奇貨可居 · qí​huò​kě​jū · rare commodity worth hoarding — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    奇货可居 / 奇貨可居

    qí​huò​kě​jū

    rare commodity worth hoarding

    rare goods stored to wait for a high price to sell

    奇 (literal) → 奇 · qí · strange 货 (literal) → 货/貨 · huò · goods 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · worth 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to store up

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  • created sense approved 奇货可居/奇貨可居 · qí​huò​kě​jū · capital for self-gain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    奇货可居 / 奇貨可居

    qí​huò​kě​jū

    capital for self-gain

    to leverage one's unique skills, status, or a situation as capital to bargain for profit or a better position

    奇 (literal) → 奇 · qí · strange 货 (literal) → 货/貨 · huò · goods 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · worth 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to store up

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

    created sense