有价无市
yǒu jià wú shì
prices are quoted but nobody buys
Character by character
有yǒu
have
have
价jià
price
price
无wú
no
no
市shì
market
market
Example
这个小区的二手房挂牌价不低，可是半年也没成交几套，有价无市。
Second-hand flats on this estate are listed at high prices, but hardly any have sold in six months: there are prices but no buyers.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
Market language, above all for housing in a downturn and for collectors’ items: sellers will not cut prices, buyers will not pay them, so nothing changes hands. The reverse, 有市无价, describes something so sought after that no price will buy it.
Learn this in Lesson 70 · HSK 6: 楼市的转折 (The property market turns)
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