buy cheap and sell dear

buy cheap and sell dear

Buy cheap, sell expensive, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à nm à IGU à m à I, meaning buy at a low price, sell at a high price. It comes from the book of Han · Jingdi Ji written by Ban Gu of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

If you are a broker, you will feel cheap, buy cheap and sell expensive at the expense of others.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: cheap in and expensive out

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty wrote in the book of the emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty: "when officials are under supervision, they are free from food and drink, and they are heavy; when they are under property, they are cheap to buy and expensive to sell, and they are light."

Idiom explanation

Buy at a low price and sell at a high price.