黄牛

Mandarin

simpl.
trad. 黃牛

Noun

黄牛 (simplified, Pinyin huángniú)

  1. ox; cattle
  2. (slang) ticket scalper
  3. (slang) one who breaks a promise or fails to assume responsibility

References

  • 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话:习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8:
  • (Can we date this quote?) Jiequn Li; Jieming Li, Yong'an Gao, Junying Ma, Jian Leng, C.L. Shannon, Pingchao Gu, Andrew Gluckman year = 2007, Popular Chinese Expressions (流行汉语), edition Latest (in English/Mandarin), Beijing: Sinolingua, ISBN 978-7-80200-100-8:

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