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得便宜卖乖

dé pián yi mài guāi

5-character word Traditional 得便宜賣乖

What 得便宜卖乖 means

1. to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise
2. to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited

The characters in 得便宜卖乖

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 宜yíproper; should; suitable
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 乖guāi(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd