节衣缩食

Traditional (Taiwan): 節衣縮食

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

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jiéyīsuōshí ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄙㄨㄛㄕˊ

- to save on food and clothing (idiom) to live frugally

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