囤積居奇

简 囤积居奇 · 繁 囤積居奇
Mandarin · pinyin tún jī jū qí

Meanings

  1. to hoard and profiteer
  2. to speculate
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囤
dùn · grain basket, bin for grain
積
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居
jū · live, dwell, reside, sit
奇
qí · strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
积
jī · accumulate, store up, amass
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2–1–1–2 · tun2 ji1 ju1 qi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tyun4 zik1 geoi1 kei4

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tyun4 zik1 geoi1 kei4

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  1. (idiomatic) to hoard and corner; to hoard and profiteer; to corner the market; to engross the market

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