俭则不缺

Traditional form:

儉則不缺

Pinyin (reading):

jiǎnzébùquē

Definitions:

• (idiom) waste not, want not

Characters:

• 俭 - temperate, frugal, economical
• 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit

Traditional characters:

• 儉 - temperate, frugal, economical
• 則 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit