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缩衣节食

suō yī jié shí

4-character word Traditional 縮衣節食

What 缩衣节食 means

1. to economize on clothes and food
2. to scrimp and save (idiom)

The characters in 缩衣节食

• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

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