敬惜字纸 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to treasure written material as a cultural resource

Character by character

• 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
• 惜xīpity, regret; to rue; to begrudge
• 字zìcharacter, letter, symbol, word
• 纸zhǐpaper

Idioms sharing a character

• 敬业乐群 jìng yè lè qún
• 敬老尊贤 jìng lǎo zūn xián
• 敬而远之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī
• 敬若神明 jìng ruò shén míng
• 敬贤礼士 jìng xián lǐ shì
• 相敬如宾 xiāng jìng rú bīn
• 肃然起敬 sù rán qǐ jìng
• 惺惺相惜 xīng xīng xiāng xī
• 爱惜羽毛 ài xī yǔ máo
• 怜香惜玉 lián xiāng xī yù

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