毛出在羊身上
máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng
Pinyin

Definition

毛出在羊身上
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máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng
  1. lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
  2. Nothing comes for free.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
在
zài
  1. 1 (located) at
  2. 2 (to be) in
  3. 3 to exist
  4. 4 in the middle of doing sth
  5. 5 (indicating an action in progress)
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together

Sample Sentences

你当其他厂家都是傻瓜啊？好点子谁会想不到，关键是有没有人舍得买。现在的消费者都精得很，羊毛出在羊身上的道理谁都懂。iPhone的价格相对一般手机来说，简直就是天价，这种奢侈品有几个平民百姓会去买？
nǐ dàng qítā chǎngjiā dōu shì shǎguā a ？hǎo diǎnzi shéi huì xiǎngbudào ，guānjiàn shì yǒuméiyǒu rén shěde mǎi 。xiànzài de xiāofèizhě dōu jīng de hěn ，yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang de dàolǐ shéi dōu dǒng 。iPhonede jiàgé xiāngduì yībān shǒujī láishuō ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì tiānjià ，zhèzhǒng shēchǐpǐn yǒu jǐge píngmín bǎixìng huì qù mǎi ？
Do you think the other companies are idiots? Anyone can think of this stuff, but the main thing is that no one was willing to buy. Consumers these days are really clever. They understand that there is no free lunch. Compared with other cell phones, the iPhone is astronomically expensive. How many normal folks would really go buy such an extravagant product?
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羊毛出在羊身上，团购是便宜，但是一听我们是团购客人，人家服务员马上就变脸，连杯白开水都不给我们倒。
yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang ，tuángòu shì piányi ，dànshì yī tīng wǒmen shì tuángòu kèrén ，rénjiā fúwùyuán mǎshàng jiù biànliǎn ，lián bēi báikāishuǐ dōu bù gěi wǒmen dào 。
“The wool comes from the sheep”. Group buys are cheap, but as soon as they hear that we're using a group buy, the waiters' grow hostile. They won't even pour a glass of water for us.
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