缩衣节食
Traditional form:
縮衣節食
Pinyin (reading):
suōyījiéshí
Definitions:
- to economize on clothes and food
- to scrimp and save (idiom)
Characters:
- 缩 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
- 食 - food; to eat
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