卖座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customerspopular with the paying public; high-grossingnumber of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc) Example sentences 周杰伦的演唱会很卖座,很多人都买不到票。 zhōu jiélún de yǎnchànghuì hěn màizuò, hěn duō rén dōu mǎibùdào piào. Jay Chou's concert is very popular, but lots of people are unable to buy tickets 拍一部电影,制作团队能不能赚钱,要看它卖座不卖座。 pāi yī bù diànyǐng, zhìzuò tuánduì néngbùnéng zhuànqián, yào kàn tā màizuò bù màizuò. Whether the production team can make money by shooting a movie, depends on whether it’s a blockbuster or not