俭用 (儉用) jiǎnyòng

jiǎnyòng verb to skimp; to be frugal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '儉用'; Mathews 1931 '儉用', p. 117)

Contained in

• 省吃俭用(省吃儉用) to live frugally; to economize on food and clothing; to scrimp and save

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