敬惜字纸 — Chinese idiom
敬惜字纸
jìng xī zì zhǐ
Traditional: 敬惜字紙
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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