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卖乖

mài guāi

2-character word Traditional 賣乖

What 卖乖 means

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

The characters in 卖乖

• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 乖guāi(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd

Words containing 卖乖

• 讨好卖乖tǎo hǎo mài guāito curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
• 得便宜卖乖dé pián yi mài guāito have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise; to claim to be hard done by, even…
• 撒娇卖乖sā jiāo mài guāito behave ingratiatingly