Hǎo wù bù jiàn; jiàn wù bù hǎo.

好物不賤, 賤物不好。

Lit Good goods are not cheap, and [cheap] goods are not good.

Fig Goods of high quality are not cheap, and inexpensive goods are (usually) not good.

Note [Cf. Xǐngshì Yīnyuán Zhuàn. chap. 85; see also guì de bù guì above; and yī fēn jiàqian below.]

Topics CHEAPNESS EXPENSE QUALITY Xǐngshì_Yīnyuán_Zhuàn