Cut corners
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Su ō y ī Ji é K ǒ u, which means to save food, clothing and life. It comes from "begging not to give away the money of young seedlings".
The origin of Idioms
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote in his book "begging not to give away the money for the scattered young seedlings" that "a farmer's family, living within its means, is frugal, even though it is poor."
Idiom usage
The days of frugality are hard
Chinese PinYin : suō yī jié kǒu
Cut corners
Talk about the past and the present. shuō jīn dào gǔ
The accumulated soil is the mountain, and the accumulated water is the sea. jī shuǐ wéi shān,jī shuǐ wéi hǎi