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便宜
piányi
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- piányi
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- 便宜
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- 便宜
1 · adjective
Costing relatively little money.
价格较低的。
A low price does not establish quality; 宜 is commonly neutral-toned here.
This notebook is cheap, but I only need one.
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这本笔记本很便宜，但我只需要一本。
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