哄抬
hōng tái
Pinyin
Definition
哄抬
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- to artificially inflate
- to bid up (the price)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 roar of laughter (onom.)
- 2 hubbub
- 3 to roar (as a crowd)
- 1 to raise one's head
- 2 to gain ground
- 3 account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
- 1 to bicker
- 2 to argue for the sake of arguing
- 3 to carry on poles (together with sb else)
- 4 to carry a coffin on poles
- 1 to lift up
- 1 to raise (price etc)
Idioms (3)
一哄而散
- 1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
哄堂大笑
- 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
高抬贵手
- 1 to be generous (idiom)
- 2 to be magnanimous
- 3 Give me a break!