待价而沽
dài​jià'ér​gū

to wait for a good offer

  • created sense approved 待价而沽/待價而沽 · dài​jià'ér​gū · to wait for a good offer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    待价而沽 / 待價而沽

    dài​jià'ér​gū

    to wait for a good offer

    To wait for the highest offer before selling; also describes someone waiting for the right opportunity or employer to make use of their talents

    待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait 价 (literal) → 价/價 · jià · price 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