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省吃俭用

shěng chī jiǎn yòng

4-character word Traditional 省吃儉用

What 省吃俭用 means

1. idiomto live frugally

The characters in 省吃俭用

• 省shěngto save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 为了存钱他省吃俭用了许多年。
  Wèile cúnqián tā shěngchījiǎnyòng le xǔduō nián.
  He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.