开源节流
Traditional form:
開源節流
Pinyin (reading):
kāiyuánjiéliú
Definitions:
- lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
- to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
Characters:
- 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
- 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
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