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卖
Meaning
- to sell
- to betray
- to spare no effort
Example sentence
他卖车子。
He sells cars.
The character 卖
卖 is 十 written over 买: selling is buying with something added on top. mài against mǎi is the pair to drill — 买东西 is shopping, 卖完了 is sold out, and 外卖 is food sold to be carried off.