讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià

HSK level

Traditional form

討價還價

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

讨 tǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 討 tǎo . Depicts using speech (言 yán ) and one's hands (寸 cùn ) to ask for something.

Positional decomposition

⿰讠寸

Number of Strokes

价 jià

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 介 jiè represents the sound. Simplified form of 價 jià .

Phonetic compound

介 jiè

Positional decomposition

⿰亻介

Number of Strokes

还 Huán

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 還 hái .

Positional decomposition

⿺辶不

Number of Strokes

价 jià

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 介 jiè represents the sound. Simplified form of 價 jià .

Phonetic compound

介 jiè

Positional decomposition

⿰亻介

Number of Strokes

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你 nǐ 是 shì 不 bù 是 shì 逛 guàng 许多 xǔduō 商店 shāngdiàn 来 lái 讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià ?

Do you shop around a lot for bargains?

她 tā 老 lǎo 是 shì 哭穷 kū qióng ,买 mǎi 东西 dōngxī 总 zǒng 要 yāo 讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià .

She always pleaded poverty and pared down prices.

虽然 suīrán 汤姆 Tāng mǔ 才 cái 十多岁 suì ,可是 kěshì 讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià 却 què 很 hěn 在 zài 行 háng .

Though still in his teens, Tom is shrewd at a bargain.

该 gāi 公司 gōngsī 通过 tōngguò 讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià 从 Cóng 供货商 gōng huò shāng 那里 nà li 拿到了 le 很 hěn 低 dī 的 de 价格 jiàgé 。

The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.

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