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賣兒鬻女
  maai6 ji4 juk6 neoi5   jyutping
  mai4 er2 yu4 nv3   pinyin
sell one's children (i.e., people have nothing to live on were forced to sell their sons and daughters)

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
賣兒鬻女 / 卖儿鬻女

This word has been viewed 2380 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 24th Jun 2009 15:32 and last edited on 24th Jun 2009 21:18
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Characters in this word:

 maai6  -  sell
 ji4  -  child, son
 juk6  -  sell; vend
 neoi5 neoi2  -  woman; daughter

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detail 因為被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.
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