得便宜卖乖
dé pián yi mài guāi
Pinyin

Definition

得便宜卖乖
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dé pián yi mài guāi
  1. to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise
  2. to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
记得
jì de
  1. 1 to remember
不得不
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
不得了
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
乖
guāi
  1. 1 (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
  2. 2 clever
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 alert
  5. 5 perverse
  6. 6 contrary to reason
  7. 7 irregular
  8. 8 abnormal
乖乖
guāi guāi
  1. 1 (of a child) well-behaved
  2. 2 obediently
  3. 3 (term of endearment for a child) darling
  4. 4 sweetie
使得
shǐ de
  1. 1 usable
  2. 2 workable
  3. 3 feasible
  4. 4 doable
  5. 5 to make
  6. 6 to cause
便
biàn
  1. 1 plain
  2. 2 informal
  3. 3 suitable
  4. 4 convenient
  5. 5 opportune
  6. 6 to urinate or defecate
  7. 7 equivalent to 就[jiù]: then
  8. 8 in that case
  9. 9 even if
  10. 10 soon afterwards
便利
biàn lì
  1. 1 convenient
  2. 2 easy
  3. 3 to facilitate
便宜
biàn yí
  1. 1 convenient
便捷
biàn jié
  1. 1 convenient and fast
便秘
biàn mì
  1. 1 constipation
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [biàn bì]
值得
zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
即便
jí biàn
  1. 1 even if
  2. 2 even though
  3. 3 right away
  4. 4 immediately
取得
qǔ dé
  1. 1 to acquire
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to obtain
大便
dà biàn
  1. 1 to defecate
  2. 2 excrement
  3. 3 feces
宜
Yí
  1. 1 surname Yi

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén
  1. 1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
  1. 1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
  1. 1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
因利乘便
yīn lì chéng biàn
  1. 1 (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
因时制宜
yīn shí zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation

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