开源节流 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow ; to increase income and save on spending
• to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure

Character by character

• 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 源yuánspring; source, root, head; surname
• 节jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to s
• 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Idioms sharing a character

• 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
• 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
• 喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi
• 大开大合 dà kāi dà hé
• 大开眼界 dà kāi yǎn jiè
• 左右开弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
• 广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù
• 情窦初开 qíng dòu chū kāi
• 放开手脚 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
• 旗开得胜 qí kāi dé shèng

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