黑市
hēi shì
Pinyin

Definition

黑市
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hēi shì
  1. black market

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
chāo shì
  1. 1 supermarket
  2. 2 abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
Hēi
  1. 1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
Fó shān shì
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
lì shì
  1. 1 business profit
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 lucky
  4. 4 small sum of money offered on festive days
fù shì zhǎng
  1. 1 deputy mayor
Běi jīng Shì
  1. 1 Beijing
  2. 2 capital of People's Republic of China
  3. 3 one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
Nán jīng shì
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
Nán níng Shì
  1. 1 Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guǎng xī Zhuàng zú Zì zhì qū] in south China
Jí lín shì
  1. 1 Jilin prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
yè shì
  1. 1 night market
Tiān jīn shì
  1. 1 Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津
tiān hēi
  1. 1 to get dark
  2. 2 dusk

Idioms (15)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
  1. 1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. pitch dark
  3. 3 to black out
  4. 4 disorderly
  5. 5 troubled times
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
  1. 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. 1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. 2 you are the product of your environment
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
  1. 1 front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
  2. 2 a place with many visitors
颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
  1. 1 lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
  2. 2 to misrepresent the facts
  3. 3 to invert right and wrong
黎明前的黑暗
lí míng qián de hēi àn
  1. 1 darkness comes before dawn
  2. 2 things can only get better (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè
  1. 1 lit. the black sky of midnight
  2. 2 very late at night (idiom)
黑白不分
hēi bái bù fēn
  1. 1 can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right

Sample Sentences

黑市应该打击。不过为什么不交给合法的商家去交易呢?销毀了多可惜!
hēishì yīnggāi dǎjī 。bùguò wèishénme bù jiāogěi héfǎ de shāngjiā qù jiāoyì ne ?xiāohuǐ le duō kěxī !
They should crack down on the black market. However, why not give the ivory to legal sellers to resell? Destroying all of it is such a waste!
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是啊,合法是合法。但我听新闻说其实象牙证件本身的买卖已经形成了一个小黑市。大多数的经销店根本就不提供收藏证,近一半店面以“费时、高成本”等理由主动建议消费者不要收藏证。
shìa ,héfǎ shì héfǎ 。dàn wǒ tīng xīnwén shuō qíshí xiàngyá zhèngjiàn běnshēn de mǎimài yǐjīng xíngchéng le yī gè xiǎo hēishì 。dàduōshù de jīngxiāodiàn gēnběn jiù bù tígōng shōucáng zhèng ,jìn yībàn diànmiàn yǐ “fèi shí 、gāo chéngběn ”děng lǐyóu zhǔdòng jiànyì xiāofèizhě bù yào shōucáng zhèng 。
It is, but that's not the real issue. I heard from the news that the truth of the matter is that the buying and selling of ivory certificates has become a black market. The majority of the vendors simply don't provide collector's certificates, and nearly half of the storefronts make use of reasons like “it's time consuming” or “it costs a lot” to encourage collectors not to demand a collector's certificate.
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黑市
hēishì
black market
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