ada rupa, ada harga
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “there's a kind and there's a value”. Calque of Javanese ꦲꦤꦫꦸꦥꦲꦤꦉꦒ (ana rupa ana rega).
=== Proverb ===
ada rupa, ada harga
you get what you pay for, quality comes at a price
=== Further reading ===
“ada rupa, ada harga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016