市曹

shìcáo
  1. market
  2. official in charge of small merchants

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) the commercial district of a city (where public executions were often performed)
  2. the commercial district of a city (where public executions were often performed)

Wiktionary

  1. 商店聚集的地方。古时多于此处决罪犯。
  2. 比喻买卖官爵。

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Entry Composition

1 市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
2 曹 cáo
  1. class or grade
  2. generation
  3. plaintiff and defendant (old)
  4. government department (old)

Containing this entry

绑赴市曹 bǎngfùshìcáo to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution

Related entries

市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
你住在筱山市嗎?

Do you live in Sasayama?

Source: Tatoeba

集贸 jímào
  1. market
  2. trade
市场 shìchǎng
  1. marketplace; market; bazaar
  2. (economics) market
市場很大。

The market is big.

Source: Tatoeba

市集 shìjí
  1. fair
  2. market (in a public place)
  3. small town
销路 xiāolù
  1. sale
  2. market
  3. state of the market
  4. sales event
他的新唱片銷路很好。

His new record sells well.

Source: Tatoeba