緊衣縮食
jǐn​yī​suō​shí

to live frugally

  • created reference approved 紧衣缩食/緊衣縮食 → 节衣缩食/節衣縮食 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    紧衣缩食 / 緊衣縮食 jǐn​yī​suō​shí

    节衣缩食 / 節衣縮食 jié​yī​suō​shí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 紧衣缩食/緊衣縮食 · jǐn​yī​suō​shí · to live frugally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    紧衣缩食 / 緊衣縮食

    jǐn​yī​suō​shí

    to live frugally

    to save on food and clothing; to live a very thrifty life

    紧 (literal) → 紧/緊 · jǐn · to tighten 衣 (literal) → 衣 · yī · clothing 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to economize 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food

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

    created sense