勤俭节约 — Chinese idiom
勤俭节约
qín jiǎn jié yuē
Traditional: 勤儉節約
Meaning
- diligent and thrifty
Character by character
- 勤qínindustrious, diligent, attentive
- 俭jiǎntemperate, frugal, economical
- 节jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to s
- 约yuētreaty, covenant, agreement
Idioms sharing a character
- 克勤克俭 kè qín kè jiǎn
- 勤则不匮 qín zé bù kuì
- 勤能补拙 qín néng bǔ zhuō
- 天道酬勤 tiān dào chóu qín
- 将勤补拙 jiāng qín bǔ zhuō
- 业精于勤 yè jīng yú qín
- 俭以养廉 jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián
- 戒奢崇俭 jiè shē chóng jiǎn
- 省吃俭用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng
- 知悭识俭 zhī qiān shí jiǎn
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