mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

to trade weapons for farming tools

  • created reference approved 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 → 买牛卖剑/買牛賣劍 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛 mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    买牛卖剑 / 買牛賣劍 mǎi​niú​mài​jiàn

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 → 买犁卖剑/買犁賣劍 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛 mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    买犁卖剑 / 買犁賣劍 mǎi​lí​mài​jiàn

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 → 卖刀买犊/賣刀買犢 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛 mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    卖刀买犊 / 賣刀買犢 mài​dāo​mǎi​dú

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 → 卖刀买牛/賣刀買牛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛 mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    卖刀买牛 / 賣刀買牛 mài​dāo​mǎi​niú

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 → 卖剑渤海/賣劍渤海 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛 mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    卖剑渤海 / 賣劍渤海 mài​jiàn​bó​hǎi

    variant

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  • created sense approved 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 · mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú · to trade weapons for farming tools — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛

    mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    to trade weapons for farming tools

    To give up a life of crime or war to return to farming; to change from a destructive life to a productive one.

    卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 剑 (literal) → 剑/劍 · jiàn · sword 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox

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

    created sense