坐 地 起 价

zuò dì qǐ jiàdictionary entry

to opportunistically raise the price

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

坐地起價坐地起价 [zuo4 di4 qi3 jia4] /to opportunistically raise the price/

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Other forms in these source records: 坐地起價

坐
zuò
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit
Zuò
surname Zuo
地
de
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[piàn]
起
qǐ
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
价
jiè
(literary) messenger / servant
jià
price / value / (chemistry) valence
jie
particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bù] or 別|别[bié] without any other following element

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