物美价廉 (物美價廉)
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Pinyin
Definition
物美价廉 (物美價廉)
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- good quality and cheap
- a bargain
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
唉,没想到您对免税品成见如此之深,免税品可不只有大牌奢侈品,还有很多物美价廉的好物,购买这些性价比超高免税品,能彰显个人品味不说,还能给生活增添情趣,何乐而不为呢?
Ugh, I wouldn't have thought you'd have such deep prejudices towards duty-free shops. Duty-free shops don't just stock big brand luxury goods, there are also many good quality cheap products. Buying these really high quality-price ratio duty-free goods, not only shows individual taste, it also make life more interesting. Why wouldn’t you buy them?
哟,这么诱人啊,你给说说怎么个物美价廉,怎么个优化生活品质?
Oh, it’s so alluring? Tell me about these good quality goods at cheap prices and how they improve quality of life?