知悭识俭 — Chinese idiom
知悭识俭
zhī qiān shí jiǎn
Traditional: 知慳識儉
Meaning
- to know how to be economical
Character by character
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 悭qiānmiserly, stingy, thrifty
- 识shíknowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
- 俭jiǎntemperate, frugal, economical
Idioms sharing a character
- 一望而知 yī wàng ér zhī
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě
- 一叶知秋 yī yè zhī qiū
- 不知丁董 bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
- 不知不觉 bù zhī bù jué
- 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 不知所措 bù zhī suǒ cuò
- 不知所终 bù zhī suǒ zhōng
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