待价而沽 — Chinese idiom
待价而沽
dài jià ér gū
Traditional: 待價而沽
Meaning
- to sell only for a good price
- to wait for a good offer
Character by character
- 待dàito entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to w
- 价jiàprice, value
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 沽gūto buy and sell; of inferior quality
Idioms sharing a character
- 以礼相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
- 以逸待劳 yǐ yì dài láo
- 坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì
- 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù
- 宽以待人 kuān yǐ dài rén
- 待人接物 dài rén jiē wù
- 急不可待 jí bù kě dài
- 拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài
- 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài
- 时不我待 shí bù wǒ dài
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