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買票

简买票 · 繁買票

Mandarin · pinyin mǎi piào

to buy tickets
(Tw) to buy votes (in an election)

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票: piào · slip of paper or bamboo; ticket
买: mǎi · buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

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3–4 · mai3 piao4

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verb

to buy a ticket
to buy votes; to commit vote buying (in an election)

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