货问三家不吃亏
huò​wèn​sān​jiā​bù​chī​kuī

shop around first and you won't get ripped off

  • created sense approved 货问三家不吃亏/貨問三家不吃虧 · huò​wèn​sān​jiā​bù​chī​kuī · shop around first and you won't get ripped off — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    货问三家不吃亏 / 貨問三家不吃虧

    huò​wèn​sān​jiā​bù​chī​kuī

    shop around first and you won't get ripped off

    (idiom) compare prices and quality at several shops before buying so that you do not suffer a loss

    货 (literal) → 货/貨 · huò · goods 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask 三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · [classifier] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 吃亏 (literal) → 吃亏/吃虧 · chī​kuī · to suffer losses

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

    created sense