省吃俭用 — Chinese idiom
省吃俭用
shěng chī jiǎn yòng
Traditional: 省吃儉用
Meaning
- to live frugally
Character by character
- 省shěngprovince; frugal; to save, to leave out
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 俭jiǎntemperate, frugal, economical
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
Idioms sharing a character
- 发人深省 fā rén shēn xǐng
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
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