缩衣节食 — Chinese idiom
缩衣节食
suō yī jié shí
Traditional: 縮衣節食
Meaning
- to economize on clothes and food
- to scrimp and save
Character by character
- 缩suōto withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 节jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to s
- 食shífood; to eat
Idioms sharing a character
- 畏缩不前 wèi suō bù qián
- 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí
- 缩手缩脚 suō shǒu suō jiǎo
- 临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō
- 天衣无缝 tiān yī wú fèng
- 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
- 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
- 白衣苍狗 bái yī cāng gǒu
- 相体裁衣 xiàng tǐ cái yī
- 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ
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