便宜无好货
pián​yi​wú​hǎo​huò

cheap things are not good

  • created sense approved 便宜无好货/便宜無好貨 · pián​yi​wú​hǎo​huò · cheap things are not good — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    便宜无好货 / 便宜無好貨

    pián​yi​wú​hǎo​huò

    cheap things are not good

    A proverb meaning that low-priced goods are usually of poor quality; you get what you pay for.

    pián​yí​wú​hǎo​huò

    便宜 (literal) → 便宜 · pián​yi · cheap 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 好货 (literal) → 好货/好貨 · hǎo​huò · high-quality goods

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

    created sense