| 精简开支 |
jīng jiǎn kāi zhī |
to reduce spending / to cut spending |
| 精 |
jīng |
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) |
| 精简 |
jīng jiǎn |
to simplify / to reduce |
| 简 |
jiǎn |
simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开支 |
kāi zhī |
expenditures; expenses (CL:笔,项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages |
| 支 |
Zhī |
surname Zhi |
| 支 |
zhī |
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions |