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便宜无好货
便宜无好货
便宜无好货
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便宜无好货

便宜无好货 — “You get what you pay for”

便宜无好货 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “You get what you pay for”. Cheap goods are often of poor quality. Literally, “Cheap without good goods”.

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便宜无好货 Pronunciation and Pinyin

便宜无好货 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
便
biàn9convenient, then, excrement
宜
yí8suitable, should
无
wú4without, not having
好
hǎo6good, well, okay, very
货
huò8goods, commodity, cargo

Example Sentence with 便宜无好货

小明买了一台价格很便宜的平板电脑,用了没几天就坏了,真是应了那句“便宜无好货”啊。
Xiao Ming bought a very cheap tablet computer, and it broke after only a few days. It truly goes to show, "you get what you pay for."

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Antonyms of 便宜无好货

  • jià价lián廉wù物měi美good quality at a low price

More idioms starting with 便

  • biàn便yí宜cóng从shì事act expediently on one's own discretion
  • biàn便yí宜shī施xíng行act expediently, use discretion
  • biàn便yí宜xíng行shì事act at one's discretion
  • biàn便cí辞qiǎo巧shuō说make specious arguments

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Questions about 便宜无好货

What does 便宜无好货 mean?

便宜无好货 (biàn yí wú hǎo huò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “You get what you pay for”.

How do you pronounce 便宜无好货?

便宜无好货 is pronounced biàn yí wú hǎo huò in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 便宜无好货 literally mean?

Literally, 便宜无好货 means “Cheap without good goods”. It is used to mean “You get what you pay for”.

What is the Chinese definition of 便宜无好货?

价格低廉就没有质量好的东西

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