讨价还价 (tǎo jià huán jià) — to bargain, to haggle over a price
Definition
Verb phrase meaning 'to bargain / haggle over a price' — describes the back-and-forth negotiation itself. 物美价廉 names the desired outcome (cheap and good quality), not the act of bargaining.
phrase
to bargainto haggle over a price
Examples
- ，讨价还价。Mǎi yī fu de shí hou, mā ma zǒng xǐ huan gēn lǎo bǎn tǎo jià huán jià.When buying clothes, Mom always likes to bargain with the shopkeeper.
- 讨价还价，。Tā huā le yí gè xiǎo shí tǎo jià huán jià, zuì hòu pián yi le wǔ shí kuài.He spent an hour haggling and finally got 50 yuan off.
- 讨价还价，。Wǒ bú tài huì tǎo jià huán jià, měi cì dōu shì bié rén bāng wǒ jiǎng jià.I'm not very good at bargaining; every time someone else negotiates the price for me.
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