fàng​qīng​miáo

to buy standing crops cheaply

Senses

放青苗 fàng​qīng​miáo to buy standing crops cheaply

To buy standing crops at extremely low prices from poor farmers in need of cash before the harvest; historically used as a form of disguised usury by landlords and merchants.

References

same_as 放青苗/放青苗 买空仓/買空倉
see 买空仓/買空倉 放青苗/放青苗