等价交换

等價交換
děngjiàjiāohuàn
phrase #55,835

Meanings

  1. 1 equal-value exchange
  2. 2 exchange of equivalents

Examples

Shìchǎng jīngjì yǐ děngjiàjiāohuàn wéi yuánzé.
A market economy operates on the principle of equal-value exchange.
Tā xiāngxìn shìjiè shàng méiyǒu zhēnzhèng de děngjiàjiāohuàn.
He believes there is no truly equal exchange in this world.

Tips

usage
A core term in classical political economy (Marx) and a recurring philosophical motif in pop fiction. In Japanese, (tōka kōkan) is the foundational law of alchemy in 'Fullmetal Alchemist' — Chinese fans use the same term.

In Pop Culture

炼金术 Gāng Zhī Liànjīnshùshī
Fullmetal Alchemist
Hit anime/manga whose first law of alchemy is 等价交换 — to obtain something, you must give something of equal value.

Stroke Order

děng
jià
jiāo
huàn