数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn 收买 收買 shōu mǎi to purchase / to buy / to bribe / to buy off syn 买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) 补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater 寸金难买寸光阴 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. 打酱油 打醬油 dǎ jiàng yóu to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce") 回购设施 回購設施 huí gòu shè shī buy-back facility / buy-back centre 回购中心 回購中心 buy-back facility / buy-back centre 零买 零買 líng mǎi to buy detail / to buy one at a time 最好 zuì hǎo best / had better ... / it would be best to ... syn 万事如意 萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled syn 畅销书 暢銷書 chàng xiāo shū best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster 舜日尧天 舜日堯天 shùn rì yáo tiān sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds 舜日尧年 舜日堯年 shùn rì yáo nián sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds 三十六计，走为上策 三十六計，走為上策 sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave 上上之策 shàng shàng zhī cè the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances 冷煖自知 lěng nuǎn zì zhī the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb) / self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience 短中抽长 短中抽長 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) 最佳可得技术 最佳可得技術 best available technologies / best available techniques 最大努力条款 最大努力條款 zuì dài nǔ lì tiáo kuǎn best efforts clause / best endeavours clause 最佳拟合 最佳擬合 zuì jiā nǐ hé best-fitting / best-fit 如人饮水，冷暖自知 如人飲水，冷暖自知 rú rén yǐn shuǐ , lěng nuǎn zì zhī the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb) / self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience 退而求其次 tuì ér qiú qí cì to settle for second best / the next best thing 好酒沉瓮底 好酒沉甕底 hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) / fig. the best is saved for last 征选 徵選 zhēng xuǎn to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition 当当 噹噹 dāng dāng Dangdang (online retailer) 沃尔玛 沃爾瑪 wò ěr mǎ Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer) 零售商 líng shòu shāng retailer / shopkeeper / retail merchant 宜家 yí jiā IKEA, Swedish furniture retailer 白安居 bái ān jū B&Q (DIY and home improvement retailer) 粮行 糧行 liáng háng grain retailer (in former times) 苏宁电器 蘇寧電器 sū níng diàn qì Suning Appliance (PRC electrical retailer) 欧洲零售商农产品工作小组 ōu zhōu líng shòu shāng nóng chǎn pǐn gōng zuò xiǎo zǔ Euro Retailer Produce Working Group 类型支配零售商 類型支配零售商 lèi xíng zhī pèi líng shòu shāng category-dominant retailer, category killer 类型杀手 類型殺手 lèi xíng shā shǒu category-dominant retailer, category killer 蒂芙尼 dì fú ní Tiffany & Co. (US luxury jewelry retailer) 抵用金 dǐ yòng jīn store credit (credit to be spent at a specified retailer) 科浦 kē pǔ Coop, Swiss retailer branded as "coop" 购买 購買 gòu mǎi to purchase / to buy syn 收购 收購 shōu gòu to buy / to purchase / to procure syn 买卖 買賣 mǎi mài to buy and sell syn 酒吧 jiǔ bā bar (place to buy drinks) / CL:家[jia1] syn 选购 選購 xuǎn gòu to select and purchase / to buy syn 买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house 入手 rù shǒu to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun} / to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive / to obtain / to buy syn 团长 團長 tuán zhǎng regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator 置业 置業 zhì yè to buy real estate syn 买入 買入 mǎi rù to buy (finance) syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 抢购 搶購 qiǎng gòu to buy frenetically / to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc) 回购 回購 huí gòu buyback / repurchase / to buy back 买进 買進 mǎi jìn to purchase / to buy in (goods) syn 申购 申購 shēn gòu to ask to buy / to bid for purchase 买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries 代购 代購 dài gòu to buy (on behalf of sb) 买断 買斷 mǎi duàn to buy out / buyout / severance syn 买回 買回 mǎi huí to buy back / to redeem / repurchase 添置 tiān zhì to buy / to acquire / to add to one's possessions 赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement 股票投资 股票投資 gǔ piào tóu zī to invest in stock / to buy shares 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 竞购 競購 jìng gòu to bid competitively / to compete to buy (at auction) 哄抢 哄搶 hōng qiǎng to panic buy / to loot syn 做买卖 做買賣 zuò mǎi mài to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal 买一送一 買一送一 mǎi yī sòng yī buy one, get one free / two for the price of one 置办 置辦 zhì bàn to purchase / to buy syn 贿选 賄選 huì xuǎn to buy votes (in an election) syn 买春 買春 mǎi chūn to visit a prostitute / (literary) to buy wine or drinks 不买账 不買賬 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) 采买 採買 cǎi mǎi to purchase / to buy / to do one's shopping / purchasing agent / buyer 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account syn 赊欠 賒欠 shē qiàn to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account syn 买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it syn 置 zhì to install / to place / to put / to buy syn 倒买倒卖 倒買倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate 买 買 mǎi to buy / to purchase syn 赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment 购 購 gòu to buy / to purchase syn 贾 賈 gǔ merchant / to buy syn 贩 販 fàn to deal in / to buy and sell / to trade in / to retail / to peddle syn 沽 gū to buy / to sell syn 赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn 籴 糴 dí to buy up (grain) 贳 貰 shì to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out syn 封官许愿 封官許願 fēng guān xǔ yuàn to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance 买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎi dú huán zhū to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom) syn 买笑追欢 買笑追歡 mǎi xiào zhuī huān lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom) 郑人买履 鄭人買履 zhèng rén mǎi lǚ lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea 包园儿 包園兒 bāo yuán r buy the whole lot / finish up or off 倒腾 倒騰 dǎo teng to move / to shift / to exchange / to buy and sell / peddling syn 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious 供房 gōng fáng to buy a house on a mortgage / house mortgage 倒弄 dǎo nong to move (things around) / to buy and sell at a profit (derog.) 包圆儿 包圓兒 bāo yuán r to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining syn 套购 套購 tào gòu a fraudulent purchase / to buy up sth illegally 强买强卖 強買強賣 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài to force sb to buy or sell / to trade using coercion 应市 應市 yìng shì to respond to the market / to buy or sell according to market conditions 打勾 dǎ gōu to check / to tick / (old) to buy 