缩衣节食

缩衣节食
suōjiéshí

to economize on clothes and food

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to economize on clothes and food

    • To buy a house, they cut back on expenses and lived frugally.

  2. verb

    to scrimp and save (idiom)

    • To buy a house, they economized on food and clothing.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A thread shrinks and pulls back like a person curling up to rest at night.

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