| 节衣缩食 |
jié yī suō shí |
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally |
| 节 |
jiē |
see 节骨眼 |
| 节 |
jié |
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) |
| 衣 |
yī |
clothes / CL:件 / Kangxi radical 145 |
| 衣 |
yì |
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes) |
| 缩 |
suō |
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4] |
| 食 |
shí |
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì |
to feed (a person or animal) |