俭学 (儉學)
jiǎn xué
Pinyin

Definition

俭学 (儉學)
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jiǎn xué
  1. to deny oneself comforts in order to save money for one's education

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng xué
  1. 1 to go to school
  2. 2 to attend school
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
huà xué
  1. 1 chemistry
  2. 2 chemical
tóng xué
  1. 1 to study at the same school
  2. 2 fellow student
  3. 3 classmate
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism

Idioms (20)

上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
不俭则匮
bù jiǎn zé kuì
  1. 1 wastage makes one destitute (idiom)
不学无术
bù xué wú shù
  1. 1 without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
不愧下学
bù kuì xià xué
  1. 1 not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)