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缩衣节食
suō​yī​jié​shí

to scrimp and save

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
缩衣节食 縮衣節食 suō​yī​jié​shí
to scrimp and save
to economize on food and clothing; to live very frugally; to be very economical

Frequency

Written text
0.021 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 节衣缩食 jié​yī​suō​shí
  • 节食缩衣 jié​shí​suō​yī

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)