因陋就简 — Chinese idiom
因陋就简
yīn lòu jiù jiǎn
Traditional: 因陋就簡
Meaning
- crude but simple methods ; use whatever methods you can
- to do things simply and thriftily
- It's not pretty but it works.
Character by character
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 陋lòucoarse, crude; narrow; ugly
- 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near
- 简jiǎnsimple, succinct, terse; a letter
Idioms sharing a character
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 前因后果 qián yīn hòu guǒ
- 因人成事 yīn rén chéng shì
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
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