dǎo

common
noun

Meaning of 倒爷

倒爷 means speculator; profiteer; a person who buys and sells goods for profit, often illegally or unethically. Pronounced dǎo yé.

  • speculator; profiteer; a person who buys and sells goods for profit, often illegally or unethically

Definitions & Examples

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nián
dài
yǒu
hěn
duō
dǎo
kào
dǎo
mài
cǎi
diàn
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cái
 

In the 1980s, many profiteers got rich by reselling color TVs.

shì
zhè
fang
yǒu
míng
de
liáng
piào
dǎo
 

He is a well-known speculator in grain coupons in this area.

xiē
dǎo
huǒ
chē
piào
de
jià
chǎo
gāo
le
hǎo
bèi
 

Those speculators drove up the price of train tickets several times over.

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