How to say [X] in Chinese

wholesale price

buying

批价

pī jià

wholesale price

buying

批发价

pī fā jià

wholesale store

buying

量贩店

liáng fàn diàn

with money, you can do anything (idiom)

buying

钱可通神

qián kě tōng shén

worth the money

buying

值得

zhí dé

you get what you pay for

buying

一分钱一分货

yì fēn qián yì fēn huò

... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)

social

故称

gù chēng

“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

communication

孙子兵法

sūn zi bīng fǎ

"Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

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唐太宗李卫公问对

táng tài zōng lǐ wèi gōng wèn duì

"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot

social

八风穴

bā fēng xué

"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)

communication

悬河

xuán hé

"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团[bao4 bao4 tuan2])

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抱抱装

bào bào zhuāng

"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc

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吊瓶族

diào píng zú

"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them

social

留守儿童

liú shǒu ér tóng

"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4])

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情头

qíng tóu

"magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals

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磁吸效应

cí xī xiào yìng

"matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details

communication

相亲角

xiāng qīn jiǎo

"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC

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分灶吃饭

fēn zào chī fàn

“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]

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司马法

sī mǎ fǎ

"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other

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猴子偷桃

hóu zi tōu táo

"please come in"

social

请进

qǐng jìn

"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]

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八老

bā lǎo

"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]

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八大元老

bā dà yuán lǎo

"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants

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四民

sì mín