因陋就简
Traditional form:
因陋就簡
Pinyin (reading):
yīnlòujiùjiǎn
Definitions:
- crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
- to do things simply and thriftily
- It's not pretty but it works.
Characters:
- 因 - cause, reason; by; because
- 陋 - coarse, crude; narrow; ugly
- 就 - just, simply; to go to; to approach, near
- 简 - simple, succinct, terse; a letter
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