broaden sources of income and reduce expenditure(kāi yuán jié liú)

broaden sources of income and reduce expenditure

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ā iyu á NJI é Li ú, which means to develop water sources and control water flow. It means increasing income and saving expenses. It comes from Xunzi, the rich country.

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, the thinker Xun Kuang expounded the strategy of enriching the country in the chapter of enriching the country. If we want the country to be rich and strong, we should take care of the common people and increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Only in this way can the people live and work in peace and contentment to develop production and the country become rich and strong. If we ignore production and waste materials, the people will be very poor. So "if you are poor, you will be poor; if you are rich, you will be rich."

Idiom usage

To increase revenue and reduce expenditure is the only way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Biography of Yinghe

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] increasing production and saving [antonym] extravagance, extravagance and extravagance

The origin of Idioms

Xunzi · Fuguo: "therefore, the master of the Ming Dynasty must be careful to maintain harmony, save its flow, and open its source. He should consider the time and make sure that the world will have more than enough, but he will not worry about the shortage."

Chinese PinYin : kāi yuán jié liú