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讨价还价

tǎo jià huán jià

to haggle; to bargain over terms

Character by character

讨tǎo
ask
价jià
a price
还huán
return
价jià
a price

Example

双方为了交货时间讨价还价了一个下午。
The two sides haggled over the delivery date for a whole afternoon.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 109 · HSK 7–9: 商务沟通 (Business talk and business email)
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