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價廉物美

简价廉物美 · 繁價廉物美

Mandarin · pinyin jià lián wù měi

inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)

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價: jià · price, value
廉: lián · upright, honorable, honest
物: wù · thing, substance, creature
美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
价: jià · price, value

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4–2–4–3 · jia4 lian2 wu4 mei3

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gaa3 lim4 mat6 mei5

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(literary, of goods or service) inexpensive and of high quality

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