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Change log entry 63782
Processed by: ycandau (2017-06-13 09:38:03 UTC)
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transitive verb ~ /to purchase/to buy/
e.g. 西元1669年,英國東印度公司開始自中國廈門採買茶葉,
In 1669, Britain's East India Company began purchasing tea in the Fujianese city of Xiamen

intransitive verb ~ /to do one's shopping/
有次媽媽上街採買,躺在老舊公寓床上的淑藝,竟然眼睜睜地被密密麻麻的螞蟻啃噬掉手腳的一層皮。
When her mother had to go out shopping, Liu would find herself lying on her bed in their aging apartment with ants swarming over her arms and legs and biting her, while she could do nothing.
[paraplegic]

Some definitions say it's "large-scale" purchasing, but that's not necessarily the case:
自己動手其實很簡單,採買、下廚更有許多生活樂趣,
It's actually very easy to cook for yourself. What's more, buying groceries and preparing food add spice to life.

/purchasing agent/buyer/
LA ~ 負責採購事宜的人。
例 「文具用品由公司的採買統一訂購」。
Diff:
- 採買 采买 [cai3 mai3] /purchase/buy/
+ 採買 采买 [cai3 mai3] /to purchase/to buy/to do one's shopping/purchasing agent/buyer/
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