不俭则匮
Traditional form:
不儉則匱
Pinyin (reading):
bùjiǎnzékuì
Definitions:
- (idiom) waste not, want not
Characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 俭 - temperate, frugal, economical
- 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
- 匮 - to lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty
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