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咕叽

Word · NounTraditional估

merchant; dealer (as in 'second-hand clothes')

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

merchant; dealer (archaic, found in the term '估衣')

archaic

An archaic term, rarely used alone in modern Chinese. Primarily survives in the fixed term '估衣' (gùyì) meaning second-hand or ready-made clothing.

Cóng从
qián前
yǒu有
gù估
yì衣
háng行
 ，
zhuān专
mài卖
jiù旧
yī衣
fu服
 。

In the past, there were second-hand clothing shops that specialized in selling old clothes.

Zhè这
ge个
shì市
chǎng场
yǐ以
qián前
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
gù估
yì衣
tān摊
 。

There used to be many second-hand clothing stalls in this market.