紧衣缩食
Traditional form:
緊衣縮食
Pinyin (reading):
jǐnyīsuōshí
Definitions:
- see 節衣縮食／节衣缩食 (jiéyīsuōshí)
Characters:
- 紧 - tense, tight, taut; firm, secure
- 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 缩 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 食 - food; to eat
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