created reference approved 卖膏药/賣膏藥 → 卖狗皮膏药/賣狗皮膏藥 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
卖膏药 / 賣膏藥 màigāoyao
卖狗皮膏药 / 賣狗皮膏藥 màigǒupígāoyao
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 卖膏药/賣膏藥 → 卖关子/賣關子 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
卖膏药 / 賣膏藥 màigāoyao
卖关子 / 賣關子 màiguānzi
same_as
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 卖膏药/賣膏藥 · màigāoyao · to keep someone in suspense — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
卖膏药 / 賣膏藥
màigāoyao
to keep someone in suspense
to be deliberately vague or stop a story at a climax to tease the listener; same as [[卖关子|賣關子|mai4 guan1 zi5]]
màigāoyào
卖, 膏药
卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 膏药 (literal) → 膏药/膏藥 · gāoyao · medicated plaster
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 卖膏药/賣膏藥 · màigāoyao · to sell snake oil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
卖膏药 / 賣膏藥
màigāoyao
to sell snake oil
to use flowery words to deceive people or palm off low-quality goods, as traveling quacks once did; also written as [[卖狗皮膏药|賣狗皮膏藥|mai4 gou3 pi2 gao1 yao5]]
màigāoyào
卖, 膏药
卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 膏药 (literal) → 膏药/膏藥 · gāoyao · medicated plaster
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition