卖乖

賣乖

mài guāi

Meanings

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mài guāi

1.to show off one's cleverness
2.(of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by

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Wiktionary

1.to pretend to feel wronged
2.to be sharp but petty-minded; to show off one's cleverness

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Components

卖十买

乖千北

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Related words

讨好卖乖 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)撒娇卖乖 to behave ingratiatingly 得便宜卖乖 to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise