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

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

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Collocations

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• 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
• 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: 25
• 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
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• 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
• 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