戒奢崇俭
jiè shē chóng jiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

戒奢崇俭
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jiè shē chóng jiǎn
  1. to refrain from high standard of living (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

崇拜
chóng bài
  1. 1 to worship
  2. 2 adoration
八戒
bā jiè
  1. 1 the eight precepts (Buddhism)
奢侈
shē chǐ
  1. 1 luxurious
  2. 2 extravagant
奢侈品
shē chǐ pǐn
  1. 1 luxury good
奢望
shē wàng
  1. 1 an extravagant hope
  2. 2 to have excessive expectations
奢求
shē qiú
  1. 1 to make extravagant demands
  2. 2 an unreasonable request
奢华
shē huá
  1. 1 luxurious
  2. 2 sumptuous
  3. 3 lavish
崇高
chóng gāo
  1. 1 majestic
  2. 2 sublime
戒
jiè
  1. 1 to guard against
  2. 2 to exhort
  3. 3 to admonish or warn
  4. 4 to give up or stop doing sth
  5. 5 Buddhist monastic discipline
  6. 6 ring (for a finger)
戒备
jiè bèi
  1. 1 to take precautions
  2. 2 to guard against (emergency)
戒指
jiè zhi
  1. 1 (finger) ring
戒烟
jiè yān
  1. 1 to give up smoking
戒酒
jiè jiǔ
  1. 1 to give up drinking
  2. 2 to abstain from drinking
钻戒
zuàn jiè
  1. 1 diamond ring
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
力戒
lì jiè
  1. 1 to try everything to avoid
  2. 2 to guard against
劝戒
quàn jiè
  1. 1 variant of 勸誡|劝诫[quàn jiè]
十戒
shí jiè
  1. 1 the ten commandments (religion)
受戒
shòu jiè
  1. 1 to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism)
  2. 2 to take orders
告戒
gào jiè
  1. 1 variant of 告誡|告诫[gào jiè]
奢
shē
  1. 1 extravagant

Idioms (10)

以示警戒
yǐ shì jǐng jiè
  1. 1 to serve as a warning (idiom)
奢入俭难
shē rù jiǎn nán
  1. 1 it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury (idiom)
奢易俭难
shē yì jiǎn nán
  1. 1 easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom)
崇山峻岭
chóng shān jùn lǐng
  1. 1 towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
戒奢崇俭
jiè shē chóng jiǎn
  1. 1 to refrain from high standard of living (idiom)
戒骄戒躁
jiè jiāo jiè zào
  1. 1 to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
穷奢极侈
qióng shē jí chǐ
  1. 1 extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲
qióng shē jí yù
  1. 1 to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
言者无罪，闻者足戒
yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè
  1. 1 don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously

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