The book is worth the book(diān shāo shé běn)

The book is worth the book

This is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is di ā NSH ā OSH é B ě n, which means to pay a loss. It comes from the Ming Dynasty Jia Zhongming's Dui Yu Shu.

Idiom usage

It means losing money

The origin of Idioms

The second discount of Jia Zhongming's Yu Shu in Ming Dynasty: "if you don't buy money losing goods like me, you'll keep the comfort nest which is far away from the whole body."

Idiom explanation

Advance money and lose money. Tip, the market language of money.

Chinese PinYin : diān shāo shé běn