卖膏药 màigāoyao to sell snake oil Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 卖 賣 mài verb to sell To exchange goods for money; to be for sale; opposite of 买 mǎi膏药 膏藥 gāoyao medicated plaster herbal or medicated patch used in Chinese medicine, applied to wounds or painful areas of the body