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" A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year." - Marty Allen

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7.  How much is this ?

a note

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Bargain"
 

almost a non-chance with today's increasingly popular e-commerce. But even in the real world, you don't have to be a mall rat before you know what to buy and what to pay, though at times there could be a number of fellows wait-ing around attempting to charge you an arm and leg. You really don't have to learn the " bargain skill " as long as you are aware there are always other choices available. It's important though, to make sure you know how to ask the price and don't trust the first price given. Reasonable and wise businessmen would often consider a certain discount. But this is busi-ness talk.

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Chinese currency 

Chinese currency is called " Renmin Bi " ( RMB ), or literally " people's money " which has long been in use for various business tran-sactions. Though RMB is not yet a considered a " hard currency ", it is convertible into a wide variety of international currencies and pay-able in many situations. The main RMB units are: 
 1 yuan (dollar) = 10 mao/jiao (cent)
 1 mao/jiao (cent) = 10 fen (dime)
RMB is available in 1 yuan, 5 yuan, 10 yuan, 20 yuan, 50 yuan and 100 yuan bills.

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1.  Zh¨¨ge d¨±oshăo qi¨¢n
            
2.  Li¨¢ng yu¨¢n y¨© m¨¢o s¨¬ f¨¥n .
                
3.  Ta¨¬ gu¨¬ le!
[ How much is this? ] 

[two yuan one mao four cents.]

[ Too expensive! ]

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1. zh¨¨ge

2. d¨±oshăo

3. Qi¨¢n

4. Yu¨¢n

5. M¨¢o

6. F¨¥n

7. t¨¤i

8. gu¨¬

[ pron. ] this

[ interrogative ] how much

[ noun ] money

[ noun ] Chinese dollar

[ noun ] cent

[ noun ] nickle, dime

[ adverb ] too much

[ adj. ] expensive

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