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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

rén mín ài wù

1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence

价廉物美

jià lián wù měi

1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)

博物洽闻

bó wù qià wén

1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)

厚德载物

hòu dé zài wù

1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不过住久了也就习惯了。东京物价高得吓人，我有个亲戚刚到东京的时候一天要打好几份工来维持生活。

bùguò zhù jiǔ le yě jiù xíguàn le 。Dōngjīng wùjià gāo de xiàrén ，wǒ yǒu ge qīnqi gāng dào Dōngjīng de shíhou yī tiān yào dǎ hǎojǐ fèn gōng lái wéichí shēnghuó 。

But if you've lived there a while you get used to it. Things are frighteningly expensive in Tokyo. I have a relative who had to take all kinds of jobs to support himself when he first arrived there.

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十四日披露的最新数据显示，尽管部分指标短期波动，但生产需求平稳，就业物价稳定，中国经济延续稳中向好。

shísìrì pīlù de zuìxīn shùjù xiǎnshì ，jǐnguǎn bùfen zhǐbiāo duǎnqī bōdòng ，dàn shēngchǎn xūqiú píngwěn ，jiùyè wùjià wěndìng ，Zhōngguó jīngjì yánxù wěn zhōng xiàng hǎo 。

... The latest data disclosed on the 14th shows that although some indicators fluctuate in the short term, production demand is stable, employment prices are stable, and the Chinese economy continues to be stable.

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上海城市低保一个月才500多？现在物价这么高，500多够花吗？

Shànghǎi chéngshì dībǎo yī ge yuè cái wǔbǎi duō ？xiànzài wùjià zhème gāo ，wǔbǎi duō gòu huā ma ？

Shanghai city's welfare payments are only a bit more than 500 a month? Now the prices of things are so high. Is a bit more than 500 enough?

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妈，您看现在物价高，养育小孩不容易的。奶粉尿布，衣服裤子，那要花好多钱的。再说以后还要读书，念大学，出个国什么的......

mā ，nín kàn xiànzài wùjià gāo ，yǎngyù xiǎohái bù róngyì de 。nǎifěn niàobù ，yīfu kùzi ，nà yào huā hǎo duō qián de 。zài shuō yǐhòu hái yào dúshū ，niàn dàxué ，chū gè guó shénme de ......

Mom, the cost of living these days is getting higher. Bringing up a kid isn't easy. Baby food, diapers, clothes; you've got to spend a lot on that stuff. And after that, there's education, university, maybe going abroad or something.

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政府也在为这个问题伤脑筋呢。听说以后会有物价工资联动机制，来保障弱势群体的生活。

zhèngfǔ yě zài wèi zhè ge wèntí shāng nǎojīn ne 。tīngshuō yǐhòu huì yǒu wùjià gōngzī liándòng jīzhì ，lái bǎozhàng ruòshì qúntǐ de shēnghuó 。

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就是。虽然最低工资也调整过了。但是跟物价一比，根本算不了什么。

jiùshì 。suīrán zuìdī gōngzī yě tiáozhěng guò le 。dànshì gēn wùjià yī bǐ ，gēnběn suànbùliǎoshénme 。

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