卖惨

賣慘
màicǎn
  1. (neologism, slang) to use or show one's misery to garner sympathy; to engage in sadfishing
  2. to use or show one's misery to garner sympathy; to engage in sadfishing

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 卖 mài
  1. to sell
  2. to betray
  3. to spare no effort
  4. to show off or flaunt
=1 卖 yù
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to hawk; to peddle in the street
  2. Original form of 鬻 (yù, “to sell”).
  3. alternative form of 儥 /𰂏 (yù, “to sell”)
  4. to hawk; to peddle in the street
2 惨 cǎn
  1. miserable
  2. wretched
  3. cruel
  4. inhuman
  5. disastrous
  6. tragic
  7. dim
  8. gloomy