缩衣节食 (縮衣節食)
suō yī jié shí
Pinyin

Definition

缩衣节食 (縮衣節食)
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suō yī jié shí
  1. to economize on clothes and food
  2. to scrimp and save (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大衣
dà yī
  1. 1 overcoat
  2. 2 topcoat
  3. 3 cloak
  4. 4 classifier: 件 jiàn
毛衣
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn
美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
衣
yī
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 145
衣服
yī fu
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn
  3. 3 classifier: 套 tào

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
天衣无缝
tiān yī wú fèng
  1. 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. flawless
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters