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卖身契

mài shēn qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
contract selling a person into servitude
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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.

Source record: cd-d66118ed8d4fe056. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

賣身契 卖身契 [mai4 shen1 qi4] /contract selling a person into servitude/

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Other forms in these source records: 賣身契

  • 卖
    mài

    to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt

  • 身
    shēn

    body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158

  • 契
    qì

    to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.