开源节流 — Chinese idiom
开源节流
kāi yuán jié liú
Traditional: 開源節流
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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