Definition & Meaning

1.keep the listeners in suspense; (of a storyteller) stop a story at a climax to keep the listeners in suspense

2.deliberately keep people guessing to get one's own way

mài guān zi

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1
v.keep the listeners in suspense; (of a storyteller) stop a story at a climax to keep the listeners in suspense
- bié mài guān zi le wǎng xià shuō ba
  别卖关子了，往下说吧。
  Don't keep us guessing. Go on!
synonym
diào wèi kǒu吊胃口
2
v.metadeliberately keep people guessing to get one's own way
- bù yào zài mài guān zi le
  不要再卖关子了。
  Don't keep me guessing.
synonym
diào wèi kǒu吊胃口

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