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卖妻鬻子
mài​qī​yù​zǐ

to sell one's family

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
卖妻鬻子 賣妻鬻子 mài​qī​yù​zǐ
to sell one's family
to sell one's wife and children to survive a famine or disaster; used to describe a state of extreme poverty and desperation

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