{"path":"/entry/39299","title":"待价而沽 / 待價而沽 (dài jià ér gū) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"待价而沽 / 待價而沽 (dài jià ér gū): to sell only for a good price (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":39299,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["待价而沽"],"TRADITIONAL":["待價而沽"]}},"phonetic":"dài jià ér gū","phoneticKey":"dai4 jia4 er2 gu1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to sell only for a good price ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to wait for a good offer","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":43007,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 9 (《論語·子罕》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子贡曰：「有美玉于斯，韫𰅥而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？」子曰：「沽之哉！沽之哉！我待贾者也。」","traditional":"子貢曰：「有美玉於斯，韞匵而藏諸？求善賈而沽諸？」子曰：「沽之哉！沽之哉！我待賈者也。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐgòng yuē: “Yǒu měi yù yú sī, yùn dú ér cáng zhū? Qiú shàn jià ér gū zhū?” Zǐyuē: “Gū zhī zāi! Gū zhī zāi! Wǒ dài jià zhě yě.”","english":"Zigong said, \"There is a beautiful gem here. Should I lay it up in a case and keep it? or should I seek for a good price and sell it?\" The Master said, \"Sell it! Sell it! But I would wait for one to offer the price.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}