接盘

Traditional form:

接盤

Pinyin (reading):

jiēpán

Definitions:

• (of an entrepreneur) to buy up a struggling business
• (finance) to snap up shares sold off by others
• (neologism) (slang) to take as a girlfriend a woman who was dumped by her ex for sleeping around

Characters:

• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 盘 - tray, plate, dish; to examine

Traditional characters:

• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 盤 - tray, plate, dish; to examine