jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián

Traditional: 儉以養廉

俭以养廉 (jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) frugality makes honesty”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) frugality makes honesty

Characters in 俭以养廉

俭jiǎn · (bound form) frugal; thrifty以yǐ · to use养yǎng · to raise (animals)廉lián · incorruptible

Related words

可以can所以therefore以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)以to use以abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以old variant of 以[yi3]以old variant of 以[yi3]以前before以后after以及and; as well as养to raise (animals)难以置信(idiom) hard to believe; incredible

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