一分价钱一分货
yī​fēn​jià​qián​yī​fēn​huò

you get what you pay for

  • created sense approved 一分价钱一分货/一分價錢一分貨 · yī​fēn​jià​qián​yī​fēn​huò · you get what you pay for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一分价钱一分货 / 一分價錢一分貨

    yī​fēn​jià​qián​yī​fēn​huò

    you get what you pay for

    The quality of a product is proportional to its price; something is only worth what you spend on it.

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · tenth 价钱 (literal) → 价钱/價錢 · jià​qian · price 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · tenth 货 (literal) → 货/貨 · huò · goods

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense