economize on food and clothing(suō yī sè shí)
economize on food and clothing
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Su ō y ī s è sh í, which means to save food, clothing and life. From Cui Gongren's epitaph.
The origin of Idioms
In the epitaph of Cui Gongren written by Mei Zengliang in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "my mother's tight clothes and frugal food and her comprehensive painting make me worry."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: frugal, frugal, frugal diet [antonym]: extravagant, wasteful
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, object, attribute and adverbial to describe frugality.
Chinese PinYin : suō yī sè shí
economize on food and clothing
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