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字词 贪贱买老牛。
释义
贪贱买老牛。

Tān jiàn, mǎi lǎo niú.

貪賤買老牛。

Lit [If you try to] get things on the cheap, [you'll just get stuck with] buying an old ox.

Fig If one (always) tries to get things on the cheap, one will end up with something useless.

Note [Note: tānxīn, “greedy”; tān piányi, “anxious to get things on the cheap,” see also guì de bù guì above.]

Topics CHEAPNESS PETTINESS STINGINESS tān_piányi

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