跳楼 (tiào lóu) — to jump off a building (to commit suicide or deliberately fall); (figurative) to slash prices drastically, to offer deep discounts
Definition
Literally 'jump off a building', used for the act of suicide by jumping. In commerce it figuratively means slashing prices drastically, as if 'throwing oneself off a building' in desperation.
verb
to jump off a building (to commit suicide or deliberately fall)(figurative) to slash prices drasticallyto offer deep discounts
Examples
- 跳楼。Tā cóng èr shí céng lóu shàng tiào lóu le.He jumped off the twentieth floor.
- ，跳楼。Zhè jiā diàn qīng cāng, suǒ yǒu shāng pǐn quán bù tiào lóu.This store is having a clearance sale, all items are drastically marked down.
- ，。Tā qù nián tiào le yí cì lóu, xìng hǎo bèi jiù le xià lái.He jumped off a building last year, but luckily he was rescued.
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