Correct
捡便宜
/ jiǎn pián yí /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
捡便宜的人
2
专捡便宜
3
只捡便宜
4
爱捡便宜
Definition
捡便宜
Literally means:
get things on the cheap
Actually means:
gain benefits for nothing
捡 means to attain something by chance.
This phrase means to get some advantage with little or no efforts. Advantage is generally obtained by deliberate pursuit, but sometimes it is obtained by pure chance.
捡，指碰巧得到。
捡便宜，指不付出或少付出代价得到好处。好处有时是存心要的或故意追求的，有时是无意中得到的。
Example
Used as predicate or attributive and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、定语，中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Tā
他
zhīdào
知道
wǒ
我
dìdi
弟弟
dàshǒudàjiǎo
大手大脚
,
suǒyǐ
所以
lǎoshi
老是
gēn
跟
zài
在
hòumiàn
后面
jiǎnbiànyí
捡便宜
。
He knew my brother was big- and big-handed, so he alwaysed.
2
Tā
他
yǐwéi
以为
huā
花
wǔshí
五十
yuán
元
mǎi
买
le
了
wǔ
五
jiàn
件
chènyī
衬衣
shì
是
jiǎn
拣
le
了
gè
个
dà
大
biànyí
便宜
,
qíshí
其实
shì
是
jiǎn
拣
le
了
pòlàn
破烂
,
yīnwèi
因为
méiyǒu
没有
yī
一
jiàn
件
shì
是
néng
能
chuān
穿
dé
得
chūqù
出去
de
的
。
He thought he had picked up five shirts for fifty yuan, but in fact he picked them up, because none of them could be worn out.
3
Liúmíng
刘明
gàosù
告诉
jìzhě
记者
,
mǎi
买
èrshǒujī
二手机
de
的
rén
人
xīntài
心态
gèyì
各异
,
yǒude
有的
rén
人
wéile
为了
jiǎnbiànyí
捡便宜
bùzàihu
不在乎
zhìliàng
质量
,
yǒude
有的
rén
人
gěi
给
dānwèi
单位
mǎi
买
,
mǎi
买
wán
完
èrshǒujī
二手机
háiyào
还要
fāpiào
发票
。
Liu Ming told reporters that people who buy two mobile phones have different mentality, some people in order to pick up cheap do not care about quality, some people to the unit to buy, buy two mobile phones also invoice.