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賣報紙maai6 bou3 zi2to sell newspapers; (something) issued ; printed on the newspaper;賣大包maai6 daai6 baau1(Phrasal verb) to offer a great bargain; to give away or sell something at a low cost in order to attract business; to offer people huge benefits or do special favours for others; a huge disposal of goods at reduced prices; a huge markdown sale賣好maai6 hou2To curry favour with someone; to win favour from someone; to ingratiate oneself with賣官鬻爵maai6 gun1 juk6 zoek3to sell official posts and titles, describes a corrupt government賣得maai6 dak1hot-selling; sell like hot cakes;賣懶maai6 laan5traditional customs of children "selling laziness" before lunar new year, to wish for a productive year ahead賣招牌maai6 ziu1 paai4(verb) to offer something at a bargain just to establish one's brand; to sell a brand name (as an asset); brand selling (to sell the brand, not the product)賣方市場maai6 fong1 si5 coeng4sellers' market賣武maai6 mou5to perform martial arts for a living賣物會maai6 mat6 wui2a bazaar selling goods for fundraising; a jumble sale; a fête賣生藕maai6 sang1 ngau5women flirting with men (slang)賣甩maai6 lat1betray; ignore賣花讚花香maai6 faa1 zaan3 faa1 hoeng1stating the positives and hiding the negatives (slang)賣藝maai6 ngai6to make money as a performer賣豬仔maai6 zyu1 zai2(phrasal verb) to traffick labourers overseas to work as coolies; to betray ; to trick (usually only used in the passive voice, 'to be betrayed' ; 'to be tricked'; refers to people who have to sell themselves into slavery when driven by poverty賣身契maai6 san1 kai3an indenture agreement for someone who is selling themself賣身投靠maai6 san1 tau4 kaau3to sell oneself out to somebody else賣面光maai6 min6 gwong1to ingratiate oneself with賣頭賣尾maai6 tau4 maai6 mei5selling what's left over賣飛佛maai6 fei1 fat6my favourite (loanword)賣魚佬maai6 jyu4 lou2a fishmonger賣鹹魚maai6 haam4 jyu4nothing to sell (slang)賣鹹鴨蛋maai6 haam4 aap3 daan2(slang) passed away; departed; dead賤格zin6 gaak3(adjective) contemptible賤精zin6 zing1a despicable person; a person of bad character質數定理zat1 sou3 ding6 lei5prime number theorem賭仔dou2 zai2male gambler (spoken)賭城dou2 sing4a place that is well known in gambling ; a casino, like Las Vegas賭大細dou2 daai6 sai3Sic bo; Big and Small; a chance game played with three dice賭數dou2 sou3bet; stakes賭檔dou2 dong3gambling den賭波dou2 bo1betting on football; soccer games