jiǎn xué

Traditional: 儉學

俭学 (jiǎn xué) is a Chinese word meaning “to be frugal so that one can pay for one's education”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be frugal so that one can pay for one's education

Characters in 俭学

俭jiǎn · (bound form) frugal; thrifty学xué · to learn

Related words

学校school学to learn大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism学生student学习to learn科学science上学to go to school学会to learn; to master同学to study at the same school学院college科学家scientist

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