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wù 物 měi 美 jià 价 lián 廉

物美价廉 wù měi jià lián

good quality and low price; good value

Literally: goods fine price cheap

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Origin

Descriptive; no single source story. Attested in Qing dynasty fiction.

How to use it

Predicate or attributive; positive. Often 物美价廉的东西.

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  1. 这家店的衣服物美价廉，学生们都喜欢来。
    Zhè jiā diàn de yīfu wù měi jià lián, xuéshengmen dōu xǐhuan lái.
    The clothes in this shop are good and cheap, so students all like coming here.
    this (measure) shop (particle) clothes goods fine price cheap, students all like come
  2. 网上有很多物美价廉的东西。
    Wǎngshàng yǒu hěn duō wù měi jià lián de dōngxi.
    There are lots of good-value things online.
    online have very many goods fine price cheap (particle) things

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