cài

common
noun

Meaning of 菜霸

菜霸 means market bully; someone who monopolizes or dominates the vegetable market through force or intimidation. Pronounced cài bà.

  • market bully; someone who monopolizes or dominates the vegetable market through force or intimidation

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
ge
cài
cháng
kòng
zhì
zhe
běn
de
shū
cài
jià
 
xiǎo
fàn
men
gǎn
gǎn
yán
 

This market bully has long controlled the local vegetable wholesale prices; small vendors are angry but dare not speak out.

Jǐng
fāng
zhōng
diào
le
pán
duō
nián
de
cài
tuán
huǒ
 
shì
chǎng
zhì
huī
le
zhèng
cháng
 

The police finally dismantled the market bully gang that had been entrenched for years, and order was restored in the market.

Xīn
lái
de
cài
fàn
yīn
wèi
kěn
jiāo
bǎo
fèi
 
bèi
cài
wēi
xié
kǒng
 

The new vegetable vendor was threatened and intimidated by the market bully for refusing to pay protection money.

Measure Words

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Primary
/ míng
/ huǒ