What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 便宜 mean?

便宜 piányi

cheap; inexpensive

It can also mean

  • advantage; profit (small gains)
  • to let someone off lightly
  • convenient; expedient

Its characters

  1. 便 pián cheap (as in 便宜)
  2. 宜 yí suitable

In a sentence

这家店的水果很便宜。 The fruit at this shop is very cheap.

第三天,他要了最便宜的面,只放一点儿菜的那种。

From 多出来的鸡蛋 · One egg too many

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