黑市
hēi shì
Pinyin

Definition

黑市
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hēi shì
  1. black market

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
市区
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
市场
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
市民
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
超市
chāo shì
  1. 1 supermarket
  2. 2 abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
  3. 3 classifier: 家 jiā

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]

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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