省吃俭用
shěng​chī​jiǎn​yòng

to live frugally

  • created sense approved 省吃俭用/省吃儉用 · shěng​chī​jiǎn​yòng · to live frugally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    省吃俭用 / 省吃儉用

    shěng​chī​jiǎn​yòng

    to live frugally

    to be very careful with money for food and daily expenses; to live a simple and thrifty life

    省 (literal) → 省 · shěng · to save 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 俭用 (literal) → 俭用/儉用 · jiǎn​yòng · to be frugal

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense