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昂贵

áng guì · ang gui

Traditional 昂貴

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. expensive
  2. costly
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The hundred-year-old cup

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)杯子(bēizi)为什么(wèishénme)这么(zhème)昂贵(ángguì)？

    Why is this cup so expensive?

  2. Dengdeng

    老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)，它(tā)有(yǒu)一百年(yībǎinián)了(le)。

    The owner says it is a hundred years old.

  3. Liangliang

    一百年(yībǎinián)的(de)杯子(bēizi)，当然(dāngrán)昂贵(ángguì)。

    A hundred-year-old cup is of course expensive.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)看(kàn)，杯子(bēizi)底下(dǐxia)写着(xiězhe)二零二三年(èrlíngèrsānnián)。

    But look. The bottom says the year two thousand twenty-three.

  5. Liangliang

    看来(kànlai)最(zuì)昂贵(ángguì)的(de)是(shì)老板(lǎobǎn)的(de)故事(gùshi)。

    It seems the most expensive thing is the owner's story.

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2 examples
01

这(zhè)件(jiàn)衣(yī)服(fu)的(de)价(jià)格(gé)太(tài)昂(áng)贵(guì)了(le)。

The price of this piece of clothing is too expensive.

02

住(zhù)在(zài)市(shì)中(zhōng)心(xīn)的(de)生(shēng)活(huó)费(fèi)用(yòng)很(hěn)昂(áng)贵(guì)。

The cost of living in the city center is very expensive.

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