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贪小便宜

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Collocation

1
喜欢贪小便宜
2
不要贪小便宜
3
贪小便宜的心理
4
贪小便宜吃大亏
5
一向贪小便宜

Definition

贪小便宜

Literally means:

be keen on gaining petty advantages

Actually means:

covet small advantages 小便宜, small benefits or advantages.

This phrase means one is always eager to gain any possible small profit or advantage without considering its consequences or whether it is justifiable. Derogatory

小便宜,很小的利益或好处。

贪小便宜,总是不放过任何小的利益或好处,既不顾后果,也不管是否应该。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, subject, attributive or object. (作谓语、主语、定语、宾语)
1
xiàng
一向
tān
xiǎobiàn
小便宜
  
,
jiā
大家
duì
dōu
hěn
fǎngǎn
反感
  
,
méiyǒu
没有
rén
yuàn
愿意
duō
láiwǎng
来往
  

He has always been greedy and cheap, everyone is very disgusted with him, no one is willing to go with him more.

2
Tān
xiǎobiàn
小便宜
néng
可能
chī
kuī
大亏
  
,
piànzi
骗子
jiùshì
就是
yòng
利用
rénmen
人们
tān
xiǎobiàn
小便宜
de
xīn
心理
lái
piàn
骗取
qiáncái
钱财
de
  

Greedy small cheap may suffer big losses, fraudsters are using people greedy small cheap psychology to cheat money.

3
Biàn
便宜
méi
hǎo
huò
  
,
qiānwàn
千万
yào
不要
tān
xiǎobiàn
小便宜
mǎi
xuējià
削价
de
shuǐguǒ
水果
  
,
lòng
hǎochī
好吃
le
huì
shēngbìng
生病
de
  

Cheap no good goods, you must not be greedy for cheap to buy cut-price fruit, not good to eat will be sick.