货比三家 (貨比三家)
huò bǐ sān jiā
Pinyin

Definition

货比三家 (貨比三家)
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huò bǐ sān jiā
  1. to comparison shop (idiom)
  2. comparison shopping

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
家
jiā
  1. 1 see also: 家伙 jiā huo
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
比
Bǐ
  1. 1 Belgium
  2. 2 Belgian
  3. 3 abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
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
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

当然有，你听我说，幼儿园的师资和环境都很重要，马虎不得，我当初是看了好几间才决定的，货比三家不吃亏。
dāngrán yǒu ，nǐ tīng wǒ shuō ，yòuéryuán de shīzī hé huánjìng dōu hěn zhòngyào ，mǎhu bùdé ，wǒ dāngchū shì kàn le hǎojǐ jiān cái decision de ，huò bǐ sānjiā bù chī kuī 。
Of course she has and listen up, the teacher and the environment is very important in kindergarten. You really can't afford to mess around. At the start I went to see quite a few before deciding. It never hurts to shop around.
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