摆摊 [擺攤] - to set up a vendor's stall in the street - bǎi tān | Definition | ChinesePod.com

摆摊 (擺攤)

bǎi tān

Pinyin

Definition

摆摊 (擺攤)

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bǎi tān

to set up a vendor's stall in the street

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yáo bǎi

1 to sway
2 to wobble
3 to waver

bǎi

1 to arrange
2 to exhibit
3 to move to and fro
4 a pendulum

bǎi tuō

1 to break away from
2 to cast off (old ideas etc)
3 to get rid of
4 to break away (from)
5 to break out (of)
6 to free oneself from
7 to extricate oneself

tān

1 to spread out
2 vendor's stand

xià bǎi

1 hem of a skirt
2 shirt tail

Idioms (2)

摇头摆尾

yáo tóu bǎi wěi

1 to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
2 to be well pleased with oneself
3 to have a lighthearted air

摆花架子

bǎi huā jià zi

1 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
2 superficial display (idiom)

Sample Sentences

怎么那么多废话！非法摆摊！拉走拉走！

zěnme nàme duō fèihuà ！fēifǎ bǎitān ！lāzǒu lāzǒu ！

What a bunch of nonsense! Selling goods on the street is illegal! Take the cart!

哎！要说可怜，这些摆摊的人真够可怜的！多半都是农民工，背井离乡不说，还处处遭人白眼。干的都是最苦最累最脏的活儿，得到的报酬却少得可怜。

āi ！yào shuō kělián ，zhèxiē bǎitān de rén zhēn gòu kělián de ！duōbàn dōu shì nóngmíngōng ，bèijǐnglíxiāng bùshuō ，hái chùchù zāo rén báiyǎn 。gàn de dōu shì zuì kǔ zuì lèi zuì zāng de huór ，dédào de bàochou què shǎo de kělián 。

Agh! If you want to talk about having it rough, these vendors have it the worst of all! Most of them are probably migrant workers. Not only did they have to leave their hometowns, they're looked down upon everywhere they go. They do the most difficult, tiring and dirtiest jobs of all, and yet they get the least in return for it.