法拍

fǎpāi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 judicial auction
  2. 2 court-ordered auction
  3. 3 to sell by judicial auction

Examples

Zhè tào fángzi shì fǎpāifáng, jiàgé bǐ shìchǎng dī.
This is a judicial auction property — the price is lower than market rate.
Tā zài fǎpāi zhōng mǎixià le yí liàng chē.
He bought a car at a judicial auction.

Tips

usage
Abbreviation of 法院拍卖 (fǎyuàn pāimài, 'court auction'). The compound 法拍 ('judicial-auction housing') is a hot real-estate category in mainland China — properties seized for unpaid debts and sold off through courts.

Stroke Order

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