跳楼价

跳樓價

tiàolóujià

noun

Meanings

1 rock-bottom price
2 knockdown price
3 extremely low sale price

Characters

building / floor

Examples

店铺关门大甩卖，全场跳楼价！

Diànpù guānmén dà shuǎimài, quán chǎng tiàolóujià!

Store closing sale — everything at rock-bottom prices!

这台冰箱跳楼价只要999元。

Zhè tái bīngxiāng tiàolóujià zhǐ yào jiǔ bǎi jiǔ shí jiǔ yuán.

This fridge is at a knockdown price of just 999 yuan.

Tips

memory

跳楼 literally means 'to jump off a building' — the dark joke is that the seller would rather jump than charge any less. Hyperbolic but very common in markets and clearance ads.

Stroke Order

跳 tiào

楼 lóu

价 jià