shěng chī jiǎn yòng

Traditional: 省吃儉用

省吃俭用 (shěng chī jiǎn yòng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to live frugally”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to live frugally

Characters in 省吃俭用

省shěng · to save; to economize; to be frugal吃chī · to eat; to consume俭jiǎn · (bound form) frugal; thrifty用yòng · to use; to make use of; to employ

Related words

用to use; to make use of; to employ吃to eat; to consume吃variant of 吃[chi1]不用need not利用to exploit使用to use吃饭to have a meal作用to act on; to affect省to save; to economize; to be frugal省(bound form) to scrutinize吃惊to be startled好吃tasty; delicious

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