价廉物美 (價廉物美)
jià lián wù měi
Pinyin
Definition
价廉物美 (價廉物美)
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- inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一物降一物
- 1 lit. one object bests another object
- 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
- 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
- 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
价廉物美
- 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
俭以养廉
- 1 frugality makes honesty (idiom)
两全其美
- 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
- 2 to get the best of both worlds
- 3 to have it both ways
- 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
Sample Sentences
这两点倒确实可算得上是价廉物美了,那奢侈品这块儿呢,谁没事儿净往家里囤奢侈品呀。
On those points you really can say it is good value for money. As to luxury goods, who has the time to hoard luxury goods in their home?
看来大学生活还能培养学生一心多用的能力。真是恋爱学业两不误啊。哎,还有吃也不能错过。国内规模稍大的大学都有好几个食堂,提供不同口味的菜肴。而且,学校周围也会有许多价廉物美的小饭馆。
Looks like university life is also good for cultivating a student's ability to multi-task. You can't miss out on love or studying. Oh, and you can't forget to eat. The larger Chinese universities all have a bunch of cafeterias, that provide different kinds of cuisine. And, there are a lot of good, cheap restaurants all around universities.
是啊,就是那儿。义乌的小商品市场品种齐全,而且价廉物美,我上个月还去那儿批发了不少圣诞礼物呢,卖得特别火。