讨价还价
tǎo jià huán jià
Pinyin

Definition

讨价还价
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tǎo jià huán jià
  1. to haggle over price
  2. to bargain

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

还
Huán
  1. 1 surname Huan
还是
hái shi
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 still
  3. 3 nevertheless
  4. 4 had better
代价
dài jià
  1. 1 price
  2. 2 cost
  3. 3 consideration (in share dealing)
价
jià
  1. 1 price
  2. 2 value
  3. 3 (chemistry) valence
价值
jià zhí
  1. 1 value
  2. 2 worth
  3. 3 fig. values (ethical, cultural etc)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
价值观
jià zhí guān
  1. 1 system of values
价格
jià gé
  1. 1 price
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
价钱
jià qian
  1. 1 price
售价
shòu jià
  1. 1 selling price
市场价
shì chǎng jià
  1. 1 market price
房价
fáng jià
  1. 1 house price
  2. 2 cost of housing
涨价
zhǎng jià
  1. 1 to appreciate (in value)
  2. 2 to increase in price
物价
wù jià
  1. 1 (commodity) prices
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
特价
tè jià
  1. 1 special price
讨
tǎo
  1. 1 to invite
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to demand or ask for
  4. 4 to send armed forces to suppress
  5. 5 to denounce or condemn
  6. 6 to marry (a woman)
  7. 7 to discuss or study
讨厌
tǎo yàn
  1. 1 to dislike
  2. 2 to loathe
  3. 3 disagreeable
  4. 4 troublesome
  5. 5 annoying
讨好
tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 to get the desired outcome
  2. 2 to win favor by fawning on sb
  3. 3 to curry favor with
  4. 4 a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
讨论
tǎo lùn
  1. 1 to discuss
  2. 2 to talk over
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
评价
píng jià
  1. 1 to evaluate
  2. 2 to assess
身价
shēn jià
  1. 1 social status
  2. 2 price of a slave
  3. 3 price of a person (a sportsman etc)
  4. 4 worth
  5. 5 value (of stocks, valuables etc)

Idioms (20)

以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
待价而沽
dài jià ér gū
  1. 1 to sell only for a good price (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait for a good offer
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. 1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
按质定价
àn zhì dìng jià
  1. 1 to fix a price based on quality (idiom)
有借有还，再借不难
yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán
  1. 1 return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
  1. 1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely difficult
  3. 3 far from an easy task
自讨苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī
  1. 1 to ask for trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a rod for one's own back
姜还是老的辣
jiāng hái shì lǎo de là
  1. 1 ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
  2. 2 the older, the wiser
衣锦还乡
yì jǐn huán xiāng
  1. 1 to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
  1. 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

Sample Sentences

我们为了写作业而进行的讨价还价，简直就是黑色幽默
wǒmen wèile xiě zuòyè ér jìnxíng de tǎojiàhuánjià ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì hēisè yōumò
The way we would get out of doing homework is to bargain, it's almost ironic.
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这一点我的朋友G画家做到了极致，有客官去找他买画，他却一直不给对方询问价钱乃至讨价还价的机会
zhè yīdiǎn wǒ de péngyou G huàjiā zuòdào le jízhì ，yǒu kèguān qù zhǎo tā mǎi huà ，tā què yīzhí bù gěi duìfāng xúnwèn jiàqian nǎizhì tǎojiàhuánjià de jīhuì
For this, my friend, the Artist G, is the best example. An honored guest went to him to buy a painting. He never gave the customer the opportunity to talk about price or even to bargain.
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