yóu​jiǎn​rù​shē​yì​yóu​shē​rù​jiǎn​nán

from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is hard

  • created sense approved 由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难/由儉入奢易,由奢入儉難 · yóu​jiǎn​rù​shē​yì​yóu​shē​rù​jiǎn​nán · from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is hard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难 / 由儉入奢易,由奢入儉難

    yóu​jiǎn​rù​shē​yì​yóu​shē​rù​jiǎn​nán

    from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is hard

    (idiom) it is easy to go from being thrifty to being wasteful, but very difficult to return to a simple life after being used to luxury

    由 (literal) → 由 · yóu · from 俭 (literal) → 俭/儉 · jiǎn · frugal 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to reach 奢 (literal) → 奢 · shē · extravagant 易 (literal) → 易 · yì · easy , (non_chinese) 由 (literal) → 由 · yóu · from 奢 (literal) → 奢 · shē · extravagant 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to reach 俭 (literal) → 俭/儉 · jiǎn · frugal 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult

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