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勤俭

qín jiǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 勤儉

勤俭 (qín jiǎn) means "hardworking and frugal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 勤俭 means

1. hardworking and frugal

The characters in 勤俭

• 勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty

Example sentences

• 她习惯了勤俭的生活
  Tā xíguàn le qínjiǎn de shēnghuó
  She is used to living a hardworking and frugal life.
• 他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。
  He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
• 历览前贤国与家，成由勤俭破由奢。
  Looking back at the former wise rulers and nations, their success was achieved through diligence and frugality, while their downfall was caused by extravagance and luxury.

Words starting with 勤俭

• 勤俭务实qín jiǎn wù shíhardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
• 勤俭建国qín jiǎn jiàn guó(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
• 勤俭持家qín jiǎn chí jiāhardworking and thrifty in running one's household
• 勤俭朴实qín jiǎn pǔ shíhardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
• 勤俭朴素qín jiǎn pǔ sùhardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
• 勤俭节约qín jiǎn jié yuē(idiom) diligent and thrifty

Where 勤俭 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiè–qīn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qín jiǎn correctly.
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