俭 (儉) jiǎn

1. jiǎn adjective frugal; economical
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '儉'; Guoyu '儉' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '儉' 1a, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '儉', p. 117; Unihan '儉')
2. jiǎn adjective temperate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '儉' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '儉' 1, p. 197; Mathews 1931 '儉', p. 117; Unihan '儉')
3. jiǎn adjective deficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '儉' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '儉' 2, p. 197)
4. jiǎn adjective a poor [harvest]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '儉' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '儉' 3, p. 197)

Contained in

• 勤工俭学(勤工儉學) to work partime while studying
• 恭俭(恭儉) to bow; to revere
• 勤俭朴实(勤儉樸實) hardworking, thrifty, plain, and honest
• 温良恭俭让(溫良恭儉讓) kindhearted and moderate; temperate and gentle
• 克俭(克儉) thrift; economy
• 俭素(儉素) thrifty and plain
• 俭以防匮(儉以防匱) frugality in order to prevent destitution
• 不俭则匮(不儉則匱) wastage makes one destitute
• 勤俭务实(勤儉務實) hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
• 知悭识俭(知慳識儉) to know how to be economical
• 勤俭朴素(勤儉樸素) hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple
• 勤俭办社(勤儉辦社) to run an organization diligently and thriftily
• 俭用(儉用) to skimp; to be frugal
• 省吃俭用(省吃儉用) to live frugally; to economize on food and clothing; to scrimp and save
• 自奉俭约(自奉儉約) to live frugally
• 勤俭持家(勤儉持家) hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
• 俭薄(儉薄) lacking; stingy
• 奢入俭难(奢入儉難) it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury
• 俭以养廉(儉以養廉) frugality makes honesty
• 克勤克俭(克勤克儉) to be industrious and frugal
• 俭朴(儉樸) thrifty; plain and simple
• 俭约(儉約) sparing; economical
• 俭月(儉月) a month of food shortages
• 勤俭节约(勤儉節約) diligent and thrifty
• 悭俭(慳儉) frugal
• 勤俭(勤儉) hardworking and frugal
• 俭腹(儉腹) empty belly; limited knowledge
• 俭客(儉客) stingy
• 省俭(省儉) frugal; economic; to scrimp and save
• 勤俭办学(勤儉辦學) to run a school diligently and thriftily
• 俭省(儉省) thrifty; sparing; economical
• 俭学(儉學) to deny oneself comforts in order to save money for one's education
• 俭则不缺(儉則不缺) frugality prevents destitution
• 戒奢崇俭(戒奢崇儉) to refrain from high standard of living
• 勤俭建国(勤儉建國) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
• 俭要得其所(儉要得其所) economy at the proper time and place
• 勤俭为服务之本(勤儉為服務之本) hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service
• 节俭(節儉) thrifty
• 勤俭耐劳(勤儉耐勞) diligent and able to endure hardship
• 自奉甚俭(自奉甚儉) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures
• 俭节(儉節) frugal
• 奢易俭难(奢易儉難) easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality
• 俭约度日(儉約度日) to live frugally
• 治丧从俭(治喪從儉) to be frugal in attending to funeral rites
• 勤俭办企业(勤儉辦企業) to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily
• 勤俭起家(勤儉起家) to rise up by thrift and hard work
• 丰俭由人(豐儉由人) fancy or simple according to somebody's budget
• 俭则固(儉則固) frugality leads to meanness

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王俭

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• 卷二十二　列傳第十二 王曇首 Volume 22 Biographies 12: Wang Tanshou History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 71
• 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 52
• 卷八十四 列傳第三十四: 劉仁軌 郝處俊 裴行儉 Volume 84 Biographies 34: Liu Rengui, Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 41
• 卷二十三 列傳第四 褚淵 淵弟澄 徐嗣 王儉 Volume 23 Biographies 4: Chu Yuan, Yuan Dicheng, Xu Si, Wang Jian Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 40
• 卷二十二　列傳第十:　　長孫嵩 長孫道生 長孫肥 Volume 22 Biographies 10: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng, Zheng Sunfei History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 39
• 卷一百零八　　　列傳第三十三　　　　劉仁軌　裴行儉子:光庭　稹　玄孫:均　婁師德 Volume 108 Biographies 33: Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian and sons: Guang Ting, Zhen, great great grandson: Jun, Lou Shide New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 37
• 卷一百一十八　　列傳第四十三　　　　張韋韓宋辛二李裴 Volume 118 Biographies 43: Zhang, Wei, Han, Song, Xi, two Li's, Pei New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 34
• 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 33
• 卷26 列傳第18 長孫儉 長孫紹遠 弟澄 兄子兕 斛斯徵 Volume 26 Biographies 18: Zhang Sunjian; Zhangsun Shaoyuan; younger brother Cheng; elder brother Si; Hu Sizheng Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 29
• 第一百十回 Chapter 110 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 28

Collocations

• 俭啬 (儉嗇) 其君儉嗇褊急 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧葛屨 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Ge Ju — count: 8
• 奢俭 (奢儉) 願聞奢儉之節 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 8
• 谦俭 (謙儉) 臨亦謙儉 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十九 張湯傳 Volume 59: Zhang Tang — count: 6
• 侈俭 (侈儉) 則知侈儉 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬第五 Chapter 5: A Team of Horses — count: 6
• 廉俭 (廉儉) 廉儉守節 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 俭德 (儉德) 慎乃儉德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 5
• 人俭 (人儉) 名家使人儉而善失真 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《太史公自序》 Autobiographical Afterword of the Grand Historian — count: 4
• 宁俭 (寧儉) 寧儉 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 4
• 清俭 (清儉) 在職清儉匪懈 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 4
• 俭等 (儉等) 靈帝詔刊章捕儉等 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions — count: 4