jié yī suō shí

Traditional: 節衣縮食

HSK 7–9

节衣缩食 (jié yī suō shí) is a Chinese word meaning “to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally”.

Meanings

  1. 1to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally

Characters in 节衣缩食

节jié · joint; node衣yī · clothes缩suō · to withdraw食shí · to eat

Related words

衣服clothes节目(TV or radio) program; show食物food节joint; node节see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]圣诞节Christmas time细节details; particulars食to eat食to feed (a person or animal)食品foodstuff; food; provisions衣clothes衣to dress

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