便宜 piányi

1. piányi adjective cheap; inexpensive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 低廉 (ABC 'piányi' 便宜 sv, p. 683; CC-CEDICT '便宜'; Guoyu '便宜' piányi 1; NCCED '便宜' piányi 1, p. 1216)
2. piányi noun an unearned advantage
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'piányi' 便宜 n, p. 683; CC-CEDICT '便宜'; Guoyu '便宜' piányi 2; NCCED '便宜' piányi 2, p. 1216)
3. piányi verb to let off lightly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'piányi' 便宜 v, p. 683; CC-CEDICT '便宜'; Guoyu '便宜'; NCCED '便宜' piányi 3, p. 1216)
4. biànyi adjective convenient
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the senes of 方便 (ABC 'biànyi' 便宜 sv 1, p. 43; CC-CEDICT '便宜'; Guoyu '便宜' biànyi 2; NCCED '便宜' biànyi, p. 90)
5. biànyi verb acting independently
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'biànyi' 便宜 sv 2, p. 43; Guoyu '便宜')
6. biànyi adjective suitable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the senes of 適宜 (Guoyu '便宜' biànyi 3)

Contained in

• 贪小便宜(貪小便宜) to conspire for the sake of a small advantage
• 讨便宜(討便宜) to look for a bargain; to seek advantage; to try to gain at expense of others
• 佔便宜 advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense; to take unfair advantage
• 爱小便宜(愛小便宜) love of petty profits
• 便宜行事 act at one's discretion; act as one sees fit
• 便宜货(便宜貨) a bargain; cheap goods
• 得便宜卖乖(得便宜賣乖) to have benefited from something but pretend otherwise
• 沾便宜 to unfairly take advantage
• 占便宜 advantageous; favorable ; to take advantage
• 捡便宜(撿便宜) to pickup cheap items ; obtain good value with little expense

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• 卷一百五十五　列傳第四十二: 汪世顯 史天澤 Volume 155 Biographies 42: Wang Shixian, Shi Tianze History of Yuan 元史 — count: 10
• 卷十五　本紀第十五:　宣宗中 Volume 15 Annals 15: Xuanzong 2 History of Jin 金史 — count: 7
• 卷一百十八　列傳第五十六:　苗道潤 王福 移剌眾家奴 武仙 張甫+張進 靖安民 郭文振 胡天作 張開 燕寧 Volume 118 Biographies 56: Miao Daorun, Wang Fu, Yilazhongjianu, Wu Xian, Zhang Fuzhangjin, Jing Anmin, Guo Wenzhen, Hu Tianzuo, Zhang Kai, Yan Ning History of Jin 金史 — count: 5
• 卷二百〇五 列傳第九十三 朱紈 張經 胡宗憲 曹邦輔 李遂 唐順之 Volume 205 Biographies 93: Zhu Wan, Zhang Jing, Hu Zongxian, Cao Bangfu, Li Sui, Tang Shunzhi History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷一百五十九 列傳第四十七 熊概 陳鎰 李儀 陳泰 李棠 賈銓 王宇 崔恭 劉孜 李侃 原傑 彭誼 牟俸 夏壎 高明 楊繼宗 Volume 159 Biographies 47: Xiong Gai, Chen Yi, Li Yi, Chen Tai, Li Tang, Jia Quan, Wang Yu, Cui Gong, Liu Zi, Li Kan, Yuan Jie, Peng Yi, Mou Feng, Xia Xun, Gao Ming, Yang Jizong History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷一百六十八 列傳第五十六 陳循 王文 江淵 許彬 陳文 萬安 劉珝 劉吉 尹直 Volume 168 Biographies 56: Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Jiang Yuan, Xu Bin, Chen Wen, Wan An, Liu Xu, Liu Ji, Yin Zhi History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷一百六十七 志第一百二十 職官七 Volume 167 Treatises 120: Offical Posts 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷十五　本紀第十五: 世祖十二 Volume 15 Annals 15: Shizu 12 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
• 卷四百〇二 列傳第一百六十一 陳敏 張詔 畢再遇 安丙 楊巨源 李好義 Volume 402 Biographies 161: Chen Min, Zhang Zhao, Bi Zaiyu, An Bing, Yang Juyuan, Li Haoyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
• 卷十四　本紀第十四:　宣宗上 Volume 14 Annals 14: Xuanzong 1 History of Jin 金史 — count: 3

Collocations

• 陈便宜 (陳便宜) 相數陳便宜 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十四 魏相丙吉傳 Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji — count: 30
• 便宜从事 (便宜從事) 得以便宜從事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《酷吏列傳》 Biographies of Cruel Officials — count: 26
• 上便宜 (上便宜) 因上便宜事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《袁盎鼂錯列傳》 Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo — count: 26
• 得以便宜 (得以便宜) 得以便宜從事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《酷吏列傳》 Biographies of Cruel Officials — count: 16
• 言便宜 (言便宜) 言便宜者甚眾 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十九 溝洫志 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals — count: 12
• 便宜事 (便宜事) 因上便宜事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《袁盎鼂錯列傳》 Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo — count: 5
• 守便宜 (守便宜) 太尉守便宜 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 5
• 便宜二十 (便宜二十) 上書陳便宜二十條 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷五十一 列傳第三十二 裴叔業 崔慧景 張欣泰 Volume 51 Biographies 32: Pei Shuye, Cui Huijing, Zhang Xintai — count: 3
• 便宜敬 (便宜敬) 便宜敬行大禮 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二 本紀第二 武帝中 Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Wu 2 — count: 3
• 以为便宜 (以為便宜) 郡國有以為便宜者 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 3