to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise; to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited
trad. 得便宜賣乖
Also written 得便宜賣乖【dé pián yi mài guāi】
Characters in this word
5得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
便
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plain, informal, suitable, convenient, opportune, to urinate or defecate, equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then, in that case, even if, soon afterwards
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1029 of 2500
宜
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surname Yi
- Pinyin
- Yí
- Strokes
- 8
卖
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to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt
- Pinyin
- mài
- Traditional
- 賣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 805 of 2500
乖
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(of a child) obedient, well-behaved, clever, shrewd, alert, perverse, contrary to reason, irregular, abnormal
- Pinyin
- guāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2762 of 2500