要買
yāo​mǎi

to win over; to curry favor

  • created reference approved 要买/要買 → 邀买/邀買 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    要买 / 要買 yāo​mǎi

    邀买 / 邀買 yāo​mǎi

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 要买/要買 · yāo​mǎi · to win over; to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    要买 / 要買

    yāo​mǎi

    to win over; to curry favor

    To win over people or gain their support through favors or bribery; often written as [[邀买|邀買|yao1 mai3]] in modern usage

    要 (literal) → 要 · yāo · to demand 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to bribe

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

    created sense