投机倒把tóu jī dǎo bǎengage in all sorts of illicit trading; engage in speculation and profiteering; play the market; speculative
❍ 你～，还怪人连累你没交好运哩。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—172) When your gamble doesn’t come off you turn round and blame me for bringing you bad luck.
❍ 朱延年不在手，凭了这点本钱，他在市场上做空头，～。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—107)Zhu Yannian did not care and began to speculate with this money.
❍ 金懋廉说到这儿，想起解放前～的黄金时代。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—547) At this point Jin Maolian remembered his golden age before libera tion,the age of speculation，…/他又想起解放前～的上海市场。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—548) And again his thoughts went back to the speculative market of pre-liberation Shanghai. 投机倒把tou ji dao baengage in speculation and profiteering 投机倒把playing the market
投机倒把speculation;profiteering
投机倒把speculation 投机倒把tóu jī dǎo bǎ利用时机以各种不正当的手段，扰乱市场，牟取暴利。play the market, engage in speculation and profittering speculating |