物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
Pinyin

Definition

物以稀为贵
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wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
yǐ hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 afterwards
  4. 4 following
  5. 5 later on
  6. 6 in the future
yǐ wéi
  1. 1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 therefore
  2. 2 as a result
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 the reason why
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
yǐ shàng
  1. 1 that level or higher
  2. 2 that amount or more
  3. 3 the above-mentioned
  4. 4 (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
yǐ xià
  1. 1 that level or lower
  2. 2 that amount or less
  3. 3 the following
yǐ lái
  1. 1 since (a previous event)
yǐ biàn
  1. 1 so that
  2. 2 so as to
  3. 3 in order to
yǐ miǎn
  1. 1 in order to avoid
  2. 2 so as not to
yǐ nèi
  1. 1 within
  2. 2 less than
yǐ jí
  1. 1 as well as
  2. 2 too
  3. 3 and
yǐ wài
  1. 1 apart from
  2. 2 other than
  3. 3 except for
  4. 4 external
  5. 5 outside of
  6. 6 on the other side of
  7. 7 beyond
yǐ wǎng
  1. 1 in the past
  2. 2 formerly
yǐ zhì yú
  1. 1 down to
  2. 2 up to
  3. 3 to the extent that...

Idioms (20)

一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不以规矩,不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
予以照顾
yǔ yǐ zhào gù
  1. 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以一驭万
yǐ yī yù wàn
  1. 1 to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)
以人废言
yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
以债养债
yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
  1. 1 debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
  1. 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
  2. 2 as a warning to others
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
  1. 1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
  2. 2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to learn from history (idiom)

Sample Sentences

所以说你的品味有问题嘛。说得好听点是邻家小女孩儿,其实就一土包子。中国比她漂亮的女孩儿一抓就是一大把。她要脸蛋没脸蛋,要身材没身材。面黄肌瘦,简直就是营养不良。扔在人群里绝对没人注意。只是到了好莱坞,物以稀为贵,才被捧上了天,觉得她是沉鱼落雁的东方美人。
suǒyǐ shuō nǐ de pǐnwèi yǒuwèntí ma 。shuō de hǎotīng diǎn shì línjiā xiǎonǚháir5 ,qíshí jiù yī tǔbāozi 。Zhōngguó bǐ tā piàoliang de nǚháir5 yī zhuā jiùshì yīdàbǎ 。tā yào liǎndàn méi liǎndàn ,yào shēncái méi shēncái 。miànhuángjīshòu ,jiǎnzhí jiùshì yíngyǎng bùliáng 。rēng zài rénqún lǐ juéduì méirén zhùyì 。zhǐshì dào le Hǎoláiwù ,wùyǐxīwéiguì ,cái bèi pěngshàng le tiān ,juéde tā shì chényúluòyàn de dōngfāng měirén 。
So that's why I say there's something wrong with your taste. To put a nice gloss on it, she's the-girl-next-door. Actually, she's a country bumpkin. In China, prettier girls than her are a dime a dozen. Her face is nothing great, and neither is her figure. Her face is yellow and there's no meat on her bones. She's just not getting enough nutrition. If you had her stand in a crowd, no one would pay attention to her. It's just that when she got to Hollywood, rare things are more valuable, and she was put on a pedestal. They thought she was an unspeakably beautiful Eastern lady.
物以稀为贵。
wùyǐxīwéiguì 。
The more rare something is, the more valuable it is.
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