投机倒把

tóu jī dǎo bǎ

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Definitions

  1. 1. speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation

Child Words of 投机倒把

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

把
bǎ

handlebar

把
bà

handle

投
tóu

to cast

投机
tóu jī

to speculate (on financial markets)

倒把
dǎo bǎ

to play the market

机
jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism