物美价廉 wùměi-jiàlián good quality and cheap
good quality and cheap; a bargain
How to remember 物美价廉: 物 thing + 美 beautiful + 价 price + 廉 upright = good quality and cheap.
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How it is used
- Idiom praising a bargain: good quality and low price - 这家店的东西物美价廉 (zhè jiā diàn de dōngxi wùměi jiàlián) this shop's goods are good and cheap.
- A stock four-character phrase in advertising and shopping talk; 廉 here means 'inexpensive'.
- Also seen as 价廉物美; both orders are fine and mean the same.