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隨行就市

简随行就市 · 繁隨行就市

Mandarin · pinyin suí háng jiù shì

(of a price) to fluctuate according to the market
to sell at the market price

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隨: Look up this written character
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
就: jiù · just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade
随: suí · follow, listen to, submit to

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2–2–4–4 · sui2 hang2 jiu4 shi4

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