讨价还价 tǎojià-huánjià to haggle over price
to haggle over price; to bargain
How to remember 讨价还价: 讨 ask for + 价 price + 还 still = to haggle over price.
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How it is used
- To haggle over price - 跟商家讨价还价 (gēn shāngjiā tǎojià-huánjià) bargain with the seller.
- Also figurative: to bargain over terms/conditions, e.g. in negotiations - 别跟我讨价还价 (stop bargaining with me over this).
- Colloquial idiom; 讨价 = ask a price, 还价 = counter-offer.