漫天要价

漫天要價

màntiān-yàojià

idiom #34,720

Meanings

1 to ask a sky-high price
2 to make exorbitant demands
3 to overcharge outrageously

Characters

to overflow; all over

to demand; to ask for

Examples

HSK 7-9

这个商贩漫天要价，我们没买就走了。

Zhège shāngfàn màntiān-yàojià, wǒmen méi mǎi jiù zǒu le.

This vendor was asking sky-high prices, so we left without buying.

HSK 7-9

谈判时他漫天要价，就地还钱。

Tánpàn shí tā màntiān-yàojià, jiùdì huán qián.

In negotiations he makes exorbitant demands, and the other side counters on the spot.

Tips

usage

Almost always pejorative - implies the seller has no honest basis for the price. Often paired with 就地还钱 (counter-offer at rock-bottom) as a set haggling couplet.

memory

漫天 literally 'filling the sky' - imagine a price tag so big it blots out the sun. Then 要价 = 'demand a price'. A sky-sized ask.

Stroke Order

漫 màn

天 tiān

要 yào

价 jià