货比三家

huò bǐ sān jiā

to shop around before buying

Character by character

货huò
goods

比bǐ
compare

三sān
three

家jiā
shops

买大件商品一定要货比三家。

For big purchases always shop around.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 54 · HSK 6: 电商、直播与快递 (E-commerce, livestreams and parcels)

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