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代价

dài jià

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 代價

What 代价 means

1. price
2. cost
3. consideration (in share dealing)

The characters in 代价

• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 价jiàprice; value; (chemistry) valence

Example sentences

• 公正的代价很高。
  Justice is expensive.
• 自由是有代价的。
  Freedom is not free.
• 汤姆明白生存的代价。
  Tom understands what it takes to survive.
• 这是他的愚蠢付出代价了。
  It is foolish of him to pay for it again.
• 我必须不惜一切代价帮助她。
  I must help her at any cost.
• 我们应该不惜代价避免战争。
  We must avoid war at all cost.

Sounds the same

Read dài jià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 代驾to drive a vehicle for its owner…