代价 (代價)
dài jià
Pinyin
Definition
代价 (代價)
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- price
- cost
- consideration (in share dealing)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to substitute
- 2 to act on behalf of others
- 3 to replace
- 4 generation
- 5 dynasty
- 6 age
- 7 period
- 8 (historical) era
- 9 (geological) eon
- 1 ancient times
- 2 olden times
- 1 Time, US weekly news magazine
Idioms (12)
世代相传
- 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
代代相传
- 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以言代法
- 1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法，以权压法
- 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
- 2 Might makes right.
包办代替
- 1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
Sample Sentences
雾霾产生的主要原因还是在工业污染上，政府一味追求经济效益，用牺牲环境的代价来换取GDP的发展。
The main source of smog is industrial pollution. The government invariably pursue economic efficiency, sacrificing the environment to forward GDP development.
如今，我们什么都能买到：购买赢得心爱的人的爱情，而又能在爱情褪色、关系不和时，能以最小的代价来终结这种结合的方法；
Nowadays, we can buy anything, such as buying the love of your beloved, and then you also have a way when love fades and the relationship doesn’t match to end the relationship at the lowest price;
共享经济是闲置资源的再分配，让有需要的人得以较便宜的代价借用资源，持有资源者也能得到利益。我认为在这个资源分配极度不均的社会，这种想法很好也很环保。
The sharing economy makes reuse of idle resources, allowing people in need to borrow resources for a relatively cheap price and those holding the resources can also derive benefit. I think that in a society in which there is an unequal proportionment of resources, this way of thinking is great in that it is environmentally friendly.
科技的方便代价可不小，好！我现在发愿脸书每篇都长篇探讨世界万物的真理！
There is a big cost to the convenience of technology. OK! I hereby vow that all my posts on Facebook will be long articles with profound discussion of the truth of the universe!
没错，这些企业不但生产方式落后，投入产出比例失衡，而且是以破坏生态环境为代价来换取经济效益。
That's right, these firms not only have backward production methods, an imbalance between input and output, they also pursue financial efficiency at the price of destroying the environment.
享受经济成长得付出的代价，那也是没办法的。
It's the price we pay for economic growth. We have little choice in the matter.
也曾伤心流泪，也曾黯然心碎，这是爱的代价......
To have been sad and have shed tears, to have been sad and heart-broken: this is the cost of love...
爱的代价
The cost of love.
付出代价
To pay the cost.
比如这个人为成功付出了很大的代价。
For example: this person paid a high price for success.