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賺頭蝕尾 (zaan6 tau4 sik6 mei5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

賺頭蝕尾 (zaan6 tau4 sik6 mei5, zhuàn tou shí wěi) — a business strategy, meaning when the item is sold for a higher price at the beginning of a sale, a normal price in the middle of the sale, and then a much lower price at the very end; to make a gain at the beginning but make a loss at the end

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 賺嘥氣 (zaan2 saai1 hei3) — a waste of breath; beating a dead horse; futile; pointless
• 賺得個 (zaan6 dak1 go3) — only to end up in; only to result in; only to come to
• 賺攪 (zaan2 gaau2) — futile efforts; vain efforts
• 賺衰 (zaan2 seoi1) — slang for "this is not gonna work"; "this will turn out badly"; to do something…
• 賺錢買花戴 (zaan6 cin2 maai5 faa1 daai3) — (literally: to earn money to buy flowers for wearing); one's salary is not need…
• 賺 (zaam6) — to earn; to make a profit; to make money; gain

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