| 照买不误 |
zhào mǎi bù wù |
to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc) |
| 照 |
zhào |
variant of 照 / to shine / to illuminate |
| 照 |
zhào |
according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before |
| 买 |
mǎi |
to buy / to purchase |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不误 |
bù wù |
used in expressions of the form 照V照V不误, in which V is a verb, 照 means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照买不误, to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes) |
| 误 |
wù |
mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly |