📖 Meaning
To behave flirtatiously and seduce others into improper or illicit sexual relations. The idiom describes someone who deliberately displays coquettish charm to attract and entice people into immoral conduct. It is equivalent to the idiom 卖俏行奸.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom has no single documented origin story or literary source. It is a folk expression formed from the compounding of 卖俏 (to show off coquettish charm) and 迎奸 (to welcome illicit affairs), reflecting traditional Chinese moral condemnation of flirtatious and promiscuous behavior. Such expressions commonly appeared in vernacular fiction and didactic texts of the Ming and Qing dynasties, where they served to warn against seductive and immoral conduct.
💡 Example Usage
她生性放荡，常卖俏迎奸，招惹是非不断。
Born dissolute by nature, she constantly flirted and carried on illicit affairs, causing endless trouble.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 卖俏迎奸
- Pinyin: mài qiào yíng jiān
- Literal Translation: sell, coquettish, welcome, illicit
- Category: Morality
- Characters: 4