卖关子

Traditional form:

賣關子

Pinyin (reading):

màiguānzi

Definitions:

• (in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense
• (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks

Characters:

• 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 賣 - to sell; to betray; to show off
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing