yù'ér​mài​nǚ

to sell one's children

  • created sense approved 鬻儿卖女/鬻兒賣女 · yù'ér​mài​nǚ · to sell one's children — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鬻儿卖女 / 鬻兒賣女

    yù'ér​mài​nǚ

    to sell one's children

    to be forced by poverty or extreme hardship to sell one's own sons and daughters; variant form of a phrase meaning to sell off one's children

    鬻 (literal) → 鬻 · yù · to sell 儿 (literal) → 儿/兒 · ér · son 卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 女 (literal) → 女 · nǚ · daughter

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    created sense