汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 贪便宜
贪便宜 (貪便宜)
anxious to get things on the cheap / keen on gaining petty advantages
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() tān 便 biàn/pián
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

现在不是贪便宜的时候。

This is not a time to be cheap.

我曾经听说有一个人,他贪便宜买了把电动的圆盘锯,第二天就把两个手指锯掉了。

And I once heard of a man who bought an electric circular saw as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day.