收买

shōu mǎi · shou mai

Traditional 收買

Meaning

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  1. to purchase; to buy
  2. to bribe; to buy off

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)试(shì)图(tú)用(yòng)钱(qián)收(shōu)买(mǎi)那(nà)位(wèi)官(guān)员(yuán),但(dàn)被(bèi)拒(jù)绝(jué)了(le)。

He tried to bribe that official with money, but was refused.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)收(shōu)买(mǎi)了(le)竞(jìng)争(zhēng)对(duì)手(shǒu)的(de)核(hé)心(xīn)技(jì)术(shù)。

This company bought up the core technology of its competitor.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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