俭以防匮
Traditional form:
儉以防匱
Pinyin (reading):
jiǎnyǐfángkuì
Definitions:
- (idiom) waste not, want not
Characters:
- 俭 - temperate, frugal, economical
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
- 匮 - to lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty
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