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鬻兒賣女
yù'ér​mài​nǚ

to sell one's children

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

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

References

variant 卖儿鬻女/賣兒鬻女 → 鬻儿卖女/鬻兒賣女
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