由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难

Traditional form:

由儉入奢易，由奢入儉難

Pinyin (reading):

yóujiǎnrùshēyì,yóushērùjiǎnnán

Definitions:

• (idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy

Characters:

• 由 - cause, reason; from
• 俭 - temperate, frugal, economical
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 奢 - exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
• 易 - to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
• 由 - cause, reason; from
• 奢 - exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 俭 - temperate, frugal, economical
• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable

Traditional characters:

• 由 - cause, reason; from
• 儉 - temperate, frugal, economical
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 奢 - exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
• 易 - to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
• 由 - cause, reason; from
• 奢 - exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 儉 - temperate, frugal, economical
• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable