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打折
dǎ zhé
Discount / on sale
When to Use
In China, discounts are expressed as the fraction you pay: 打八折 means 80% of the price (20% off), 打五折 means 50% off. This is the opposite of how discounts work in English.
Examples
现在打折吗？(Is there a discount now?)
这个打几折？(What's the discount on this?)