tǎo jià huán jiàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to haggle over price / to bargain
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Original source entry:

討價還價 讨价还价 [tao3 jia4 huan2 jia4] /to haggle over price/to bargain/

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Other forms in these source records: 討價還價

  • 讨
    tǎo

    to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study

  • 价
    jiè

    (literary) messenger; servant

    jià

    price / value / (chemistry) valence

    jie

    particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bù] or 別|别[bié] without any other following element

  • 还
    hái

    still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

    huán

    to pay back / to return

    Huán

    surname Huan

  • 价
    jiè

    (literary) messenger; servant

    jià

    price / value / (chemistry) valence

    jie

    particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bù] or 別|别[bié] without any other following element

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