shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
trad. 貨比三家不吃虧
Also written 貨比三家不吃虧【huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī】
Characters in this word
7货
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goods, money, commodity, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- huò
- Traditional
- 貨
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3315 of 2500
比
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Belgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- Pinyin
- Bǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 236 of 2500
三
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surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
亏
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to lose (money); to have a deficit, to be deficient, to treat unfairly, luckily; fortunately; thanks to, (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
- Pinyin
- kuī
- Traditional
- 虧
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15724 of 2500