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  • 1

    adj.cheap; inexpensive; at a bargain price

    • zhè tào yī fu bǐ nà tào gèng pián yi

      衣服便宜

      This suit of clothing is more inexpensive than that one.

    • jià gé fēi cháng pián yi

      价格非常便宜

      It's very cheap.

    • zhè zhǒng qì chē hěn pián yi

      汽车便宜

      This kind of car is very cheap.

  • 2

    n.unearned gains; unmerited advantages

    • bù néng tān pián yi

      便宜

      Don't be tempted to buy a thing just because it's cheap.

    • tān xiǎo pián yi

      便宜

      out for small advantages

    • zhè zhǒng pián yi nǐ yě tān

      便宜

      Are you greedy for the unearned gains?

  • 3

    v.let somebody off lightly; give somebody unmerited advantages

    • zhè pián yi le nǐ

      便宜

      You have been let off lightly for this.

    • xiǎo tōu zhǐ bèi pàn zuò láo tiān shí zài tài pián yi tā le

      小偷坐牢20实在便宜

      The thief got twenty days' imprisonment, and he got off easily at that.

    • tā zuò le zhè me duō huài shì zhè ge jié guǒ zhēn shi tài pián yi tā le

      这么坏事这个结果真是便宜

      He did so many bad things that the result was too light for him.