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省得

shěng de

2-character word

What 省得 means

1. to avoid
2. so as to save (money or time)

The characters in 省得

• 省shěngto save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

Example sentences

• 我今天晚点下班，省得明天早上手忙脚乱。
  Wǒ jīntiān wǎndiǎn xiàbān, shěngde míngtiān zǎoshang shǒumángjiǎoluàn.
  Today I'm working a little late so as to avoid a rush in the morning.

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