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买账

買賬
mǎizhàng
verb #24,768

Meanings

  1. 1 to buy into
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to go along with
  4. 4 to acknowledge someone's superiority or argument

Examples

HSK 5
他不买账，坚持自己的观点。
Tā bù mǎizhàng, jiānchí zìjǐ de guāndiǎn.
He didn't buy it and stuck to his own opinion.
HSK 5
这个道理他明白，但情感上不买账。
Zhège dàolǐ tā míngbai, dàn qínggǎn shàng bù mǎizhàng.
He understands the logic, but emotionally he just doesn't buy it.
HSK 7-9
消费者不买账，新产品销量惨淡。
Xiāofèizhě bù mǎizhàng, xīn chǎnpǐn xiāoliàng cǎndàn.
Consumers didn't buy in - the new product's sales were dismal.

Tips

usage
买账 is almost always used in the negative: 不买账 means to refuse to accept, acknowledge, or be persuaded by something. It originated from the commercial sense of 'settling an account' - if you don't 买账, you're not paying/accepting the bill being presented to you.

Stroke Order

买 mǎi
账 zhàng