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占便宜

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Collocation

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在某方面比别人占便宜
2
在某方面占便宜
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占便宜的人/事
4
占小便宜吃大亏
5
占那么点小便宜
6
占点小便宜
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占……的便宜
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爱占小便宜

Definition

占便宜:

Literally means:

gain extra advantage by unfair means; be in an advantageous position

Actually means:

It means gaining extra advantage by unfair means. It sometimes euphemistically means acting indecently toward a woman. Derogatory.

It figuratively means being advantageous; favorable.

获取不应该得到的利益或好处。有时婉指对女人不端的举止。具有贬义色彩。

比喻有某种优势。

Example

Used as predicate and it can have other words in between. (作谓语,中间可以插入其他词语)
1
zài
shùxué
数学
jìngsài
竞赛
zhōng
de
guò
hǎo
好几
jiǎng
  
,
suǒ
所以
zhè
这次
xué
大学
kǎoshì
考试
zhàn
le
dìng
一定
de
biàn
便宜
  

He won several prizes in the math competition, so the college exam took advantage of a certain amount of cheap.

2
huì
jiǎng
yīng
英语
  
法语
  
德语
bān
西班牙语
  
,
dào
Ōuzhōu
欧洲
kǎochá
考察
de
jiāoliú
交流
shàng
zǒngshì
总是
biéren
别人
zhànpiányi
占便宜
  

He speaks English, French, German and Spanish, and it's always cheaper to visit Europe than anyone else.

3
Chūménzàiwài
出门在外
zǒngshì
总是
péngyou
朋友
duō
de
rén
zhànpiányi
占便宜
  

People who always have more friends when they go out take advantage.

Used as predicate, object or attributive, and it can have other words in between and it can be used in inversion. (作谓语、宾语、定语)中间可以插入其他词语)
4
huā
bàntiān
半天
bāng
zhǎo
liào
资料
  
,
yòng
liǎng
zhōngtóu
钟头
打字
  
,
dào
到底
shuí
zhàn
le
shuí
de
biàn
便宜
ne
  
?

I spend half a day to help you find information, you use two hours for me to type, who in the end accounted for who's cheap?

5
zhège
这个
rén
ài
zhàn
xiǎobiàn
小便宜
  
,
suǒ
所以
jiā
大家
dōu
huan
喜欢
  

He is a man who loves to take advantage of small prices, so everyone doesn't like him.

6
Zài
gōnggòng
公共
chē
汽车
shàng
  
,
hái
女孩
zhǐ
指责
nán
de
zhàn
le
de
biàn
便宜
  
shí
其实
shì
shāchē
刹车
shí
ge
那个
rén
xiǎoxīn
小心
zhuàng
le
  

On the bus, a girl accused a man of being too cheap for her. It was the man who accidentally hit her when he braked.

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