买空卖空
Traditional form:
買空賣空
Pinyin (reading):
mǎikōngmàikōng
Definitions:
- to speculate
- to play the market
- (fig.) to sell hot air
- to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
Characters:
- 买 - to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
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