货真价实

huò zhēn jià shí

genuine goods at a fair price; the real thing

Character by character

货huò
goods

真zhēn
genuine

价jià
price

实shí
honest

这家小饭馆的菜都是厨师当场炒的，货真价实。

Everything at this little restaurant is stir-fried by the chef on the spot: the real thing at an honest price.

Tone: positive (praise).

First a shopkeeper’s promise; now also “genuine, out-and-out”: 货真价实的专家.

Learn this in Lesson 61 · HSK 6: 预制菜之争 (The ready-meal debate)

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