dǎ zhé kòu

打折扣 (dǎ zhé kòu) is a Chinese word meaning “to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated”.

Meanings

  1. 1to give a discount
  2. 2to be of less value than anticipated

Characters in 打折扣

打dá · (loanword) dozen折shé · to snap扣kòu · to fasten

Related words

打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan打开to open打扰to disturb打赌to bet折磨to torment; to torture打败to defeat打架to fight打击to hit扣to fasten

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