节衣缩食
Traditional form:
節衣縮食
Pinyin (reading):
jiéyīsuōshí
Definitions:
- to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
Characters:
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
- 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 缩 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 食 - food; to eat
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