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貨比三家不吃虧
简 货比三家不吃亏 · 繁 貨比三家不吃虧Mandarin · pinyin huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
Meanings
- shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 貨
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- 比
- bǐ · to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
- 三
- sān · three
- 家
- jiā · house, home, residence; family
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 吃
- chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
- 虧
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- 货
- huò · goods, commodities, products
- 亏
- kuī · lose, fail; damage; deficient
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Mandarin tones
4–3–1–1–4–1–1 · huo4 bi3 san1 jia1 bu4 chi1 kui1
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fo3 bei2 saam1 gaa1 bat1 hek3 kwai1
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proverb
- if you compare the price of something at three different locations, you'll never be ripped off
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