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节衣缩食

jié yī suō shí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 節衣縮食

节衣缩食 (jié yī suō shí) means "to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 节衣缩食 means

1. to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally

The characters in 节衣缩食

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

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