Meaning of 卖关子
卖关子 means to stop at a cliffhanger while storytelling to attract the audience to continue listening; to deliberately keep someone in suspense; to be deliberately mysterious at a critical moment to make the other party anxious. Pronounced mài guān zi.
- to stop at a cliffhanger while storytelling to attract the audience to continue listening
- to deliberately keep someone in suspense; to be deliberately mysterious at a critical moment to make the other party anxious
Definitions & Examples
Shuō说
shū书
rén人
zuì最
huì会
mài卖
guān关
zi子
le了
，
měi每
dào到
guān关
jiàn键
shí时
kè刻
jiù就
tíng停
xià下
lái来
hē喝
chá茶
。
Storytellers are best at leaving cliffhangers, always stopping for tea at the crucial moment.
Jiù旧
shí时
chá茶
guǎn馆
lǐ里
de的
shuō说
shū书
xiān先
sheng生
cháng常
yòng用
mài卖
guān关
zi子
de的
shǒu手
fǎ法
xī吸
yǐn引
tīng听
zhòng众
dì第
èr二
tiān天
zài再
lái来
。
In old teahouses, storytellers often used cliffhanger techniques to attract audiences to return the next day.
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