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[節衣縮食] jiéyīsuōshí to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally

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        jiémù, [節目], program/item (on a program)/CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè],套[tào]
        jiē/jié, [節], see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jiē gu yǎn], festival/holiday/node/joint/section/segment/part/to eco...
        Shèngdànjié, [聖誕節], Christmas time/Christmas season/Christmas
        xìjié, [細節], details/particulars
        jiérì, [節日], holiday/festival/CL:個|个[gè]
        Gǎnēnjié, [感恩節], Thanksgiving Day
        huánjié, [環節], (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)/(fig.) a part of an int...
        jiézòu, [節奏], rhythm/tempo/musical pulse/cadence/beat
        qíngjié, [情節], plot/circumstances
        Qíngrénjié, [情人節], Valentine's Day
        jìjié, [季節], time/season/period/CL:個|个[gè]
        Fùhuójié, [復活節], Easter
        guānjié, [關節], joint (physiology)/key point/critical phase
        jiéshěng, [節省], saving/to save/to use sparingly/to cut down on
        guòjié, [過節], to celebrate a festival/after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
        
        tiáojié, [調節], to adjust/to regulate/to harmonize/to reconcile (accountancy etc)
        jiéshí, [節食], to save food/to go on a diet
        lǐjié, [禮節], etiquette
        jiéyuē, [節約], to economize/to conserve (resources)/economy/frugal
        guānjiéyán, [關節炎], arthritis
        jiépāi, [節拍], beat (music)/meter
        kuánghuānjié, [狂歡節], carnival
        diànyǐngjié, [電影節], film festival/CL:屆|届[jiè]
        Mǔqīnjié, [母親節], Mother's Day
        jiézhì, [節制], to control/to restrict/to moderate/to temper/moderation/sobriety/to administer
        yīnjié, [音節], syllable
        yīnyuèjié, [音樂節], music festival
        zhāngjié, [章節], chapter/section
        shíjié, [時節], season/time
        
        xiǎojié, [小節], a minor matter/trivia/bar (music)
        Láodòngjié, [勞動節], International Labor Day (May Day)
        jiēguyǎn, [節骨眼], (dialect) critical juncture/crucial moment/Taiwan pr. [jié gu yǎn]
        jiédiǎn, [節點], node
        Guóqìngjié, [國慶節], PRC National Day (October 1st)
        Yúrénjié, [愚人節], April Fools' Day
        tuōjié, [脫節], to come apart
        píjiǔjié, [啤酒節], Beer Festival
        fánwénrùjié, [繁文縟節], convoluted and overelaborate (document)/unnecessarily elaborate writing/mumbo-ju...
        biànjié, [變節], betrayal/defection/turncoat/to change sides politically
        tiáojiéqì, [調節器], regulator
        
        jiéjiàrì, [節假日], public holiday
        jiénéng, [節能], to save energy/energy-saving
        jìjiéxìng, [季節性], seasonal
        jiéjiǎn, [節儉], frugal/economical
        
使         shǐjié, [使節], (diplomatic) envoy
        
        sōngjiéyóu, [松節油], turpentine
        
        
        zhēnjié, [貞節], chastity/virginity (of women)/moral integrity (of men)/loyalty/constancy
        jiéyù, [節育], to practice birth control
        jiéjié, [結節], nodule/tubercle
        
        kuānguānjié, [髖關節], pelvis/hip joint
        míngjié, [名節], reputation and integrity
        yìshùjié, [藝術節], arts festival
        jiājié, [佳節], festive day/holiday
        jiéqìng, [節慶], festival
        xìzhīmòjié, [細枝末節], minor details/trifles
        jiécāo, [節操], integrity/moral principle
        shānjié, [刪節], to abridge/to cut a text down to size for publication
        
        zhījié, [枝節], branches and knots/fig. side issue/minor peripheral problem
        Chūnjié, [春節], Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
        jiélǜ, [節律], rhythm/pace
        jiéxuǎn, [節選], excerpt/selection (from a book)/to select/to choose an extract
        Jiàoshījié, [教師節], Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in...
        
        dàjié, [大節], major festival/important matter/major principle/high moral character
        jiéwàishēngzhī, [節外生枝], a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
        bùjūxiǎojié, [不拘小節], to not bother about trifles (idiom)
        zìjié, [字節], byte
        FùhuójiéDǎo, [復活節島], Easter Island
        
        jiépāiqì, [節拍器], metronome
        
        
        
        jiénéngdēng, [節能燈], compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
        
        jiéyú, [節餘], to save/savings
        jiēzi, [節子], gnarl/knot
        mòjié, [末節], inessentials/minor detail
        dēngjié, [燈節], the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
        jiéliúfá, [節流閥], a throttle
        qìjié, [氣節], moral integrity/unflinching righteousness
        
        gāofēngliàngjié, [高風亮節], of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
        Wǔyuèjié, [五月節], Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
        
        jiéyīsuōshí, [節衣縮食], to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
        
        qínjiǎnjiéyuē, [勤儉節約], diligent and thrifty (idiom)
        Pōshuǐjié, [潑水節], Songkran (Thai New Year)
        jiéyóu, [節油], to economize on gasoline/fuel-efficient
        
        Duānwǔjié, [端午節], Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
        
        Gǔěrbāngjié, [古爾邦節], Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of...
        jiézhīdòngwù, [節肢動物], arthropod
        
        
        jiéshuǐ, [節水], to save water
        jiéqi, [節氣], solar term
        
        
        Chóngyángjié, [重陽節], Double Ninth or Yang Festival/9th day of 9th lunar month
        gǔjié, [骨節], joint (of the skeleton)
        Zhōngqiūjié, [中秋節], the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
        jiéliú, [節流], to control flow/to choke/weir valve/a throttle/a choke
        

        yīfu, clothes/CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
        yī/yì, clothes/CL:件[jiàn]/Kangxi radical 145, to dress/to wear/to put on (clothes)
        nèiyī, [內衣], undergarment/underwear/CL:件[jiàn]
        tuōyīwǔ, [脫衣舞], striptease
        shàngyī, jacket/upper outer garment/CL:件[jiàn]
        shuìyī, night clothes/pajamas
        máoyī, (wool) sweater/CL:件[jiàn]
        dàyī, overcoat/topcoat/cloak/CL:件[jiàn]
        chènyī, [襯衣], shirt/CL:件[jiàn]
        yīguì, [衣櫃], wardrobe/armoire/CL:個|个[gè]
        yīchú, [衣櫥], wardrobe
        gēngyīshì, change room/dressing room/locker room/toilet
        wàiyī, outer clothing/semblance/appearance
        
        xǐyījī, [洗衣機], washer/washing machine/CL:臺|台[tái]
        yǒngyī, swimsuit/bathing suit
        xǐyī, laundry
        yīzhuó, [衣著], clothes
        yīwù, clothing/clothing and other personal items
        xǐyīdiàn, laundry (commercial establishment)
        xǐyīfáng, laundry room
        fángdànyī, [防彈衣], bulletproof vest
        tiānyīwúfèng, [天衣無縫], lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)/fig. flawless
便         biànyī, civilian clothes/plain clothes/plainclothesman
        
穿         chuānyī, to wear clothes/clothing
        yīmàojiān, [衣帽間], cloakroom
        
        yǔyī, raincoat/CL:件[jiàn]
        yījià, clothes hanger/clothes rack
        yīlǐng, [衣領], collar/neck
        jiùshēngyī, life jacket/life vest
        
        
        liányīqún, [連衣裙], woman's dress/frock/gown
        hóngyīzhǔjiào, [紅衣主教], Catholic Cardinal
        yóuyǒngyī, swimsuit/bathing costume
        yùyī, bathrobe
        
        
        yīguānchǔchǔ, immaculately dressed/well-groomed/dapper
        gēngyī, to change clothes/to go to the toilet (euphemism)
        tángyī, frosting or icing (on cakes etc)/sugarcoating
        kuānyī, [寬衣], please take off your coat (honorific)/loose-fitting garment
        yīguān, hat and clothes/attire
        yīshí, clothes and food
        yīshān, clothing/unlined garment
        chéngyī, ready-made clothes
        xǐyīfěn, laundry detergent/washing powder
        
        yīliào, material for clothing
        yīshang, clothes
        yīzhuāng, [衣裝], garment
        fēngyī, [風衣], windbreaker/wind cheater/wind jacket/CL:件[jiàn]
        shìyījiān, [試衣間], fitting room
        yīxiù, the sleeve of a garment
        qiánshuǐyī, [潛水衣], diving suit
绿         
        yīdài, pocket
        yīshífùmǔ, the people one depends upon for one's livelihood/one's bread and butter
        
        fēngyīzúshí, [豐衣足食], having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
        qiúyī, prison uniform
        
        yībō, [衣缽], the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite discipl...
        
        yīshì, [衣飾], clothes and ornaments
寿         shòuyī, [壽衣], burial clothes
        fǎyī, robe of a Buddhist priest/ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest/robe of a judge,...
        yīshízhùxíng, clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs
        
        bùyī, plain cotton clothing/(literary) the common people
        
        yìjǐnhuánxiāng, [衣錦還鄉], to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
        
        xuèyī, bloody garment
        
使         báiyītiānshǐ, "angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)
        yīdōu, pocket
        
        chángyī, [腸衣], sausage casing
        dōngyī, winter clothes
        
        féngyīzhēn, [縫衣針], sewing needle
        duǎnyī, short garment/short jacket
线         
        
        yīkòu, button
        
        
        
穿         
        
        
        yījiā, [衣夾], clothespin/clothes peg
        
        yījīn, the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket/lapel
        jiéyīsuōshí, [節衣縮食], to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
        miányī, cotton-padded clothes/CL:件[jiàn]
        yījiǎo, corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
        quēyīshǎoshí, short of food and clothing/destitute
        
        tángyīpàodàn, [糖衣炮彈], sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupti...
        yībùbìtǐ, [衣不蔽體], lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom)/fig. poverty-stricken
        suōyī, woven rush raincoat
        yīgōu, [衣鉤], clothes hook
        
        xǐyībǎn, washboard/(jocularly) flat chest
        yīqún, female clothing
        
        
        zhàoyī, overalls/CL:件[jiàn]
        bāoyī, capsule (containing medicine)/husk (of corn)
        liángtǐcáiyī, [量體裁衣], lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to act...

        suōxiǎo, [縮小], to reduce/to decrease/to shrink
退         tuìsuō, [退縮], to shrink back/to cower
        suō, [縮], to withdraw/to pull back/to contract/to shrink/to reduce/abbreviation/also pr. [...
        suōxiě, [縮寫], abbreviation/to abridge
        shōusuō, [收縮], to pull back/to shrink/to contract/(physiology) systole
        nóngsuō, [濃縮], to concentrate (a liquid)/concentration/espresso coffee/abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡
        suōduǎn, [縮短], to curtail/to cut down
        wěisuō, [萎縮], to wither/to dry up (of a plant)/to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
        suōjiǎn, [縮減], to cut/to reduce
        yāsuō, [壓縮], to compress/compression
        quánsuō, [蜷縮], to curl up/to huddle/to cower/cringing
        wèisuō, [畏縮], to cower/to flinch/to quail/to recoil
        
        suōshuǐ, [縮水], to shrink (in the wash)/fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
        suōyǐng, [縮影], miniature version of sth/microcosm/epitome/(Tw) to microfilm
        shēnsuō, [伸縮], to lengthen and shorten/flexible/adjustable/retractable/extensible/telescoping (...
        
        yāsuōjī, [壓縮機], compactor/compressor
        jǐnsuō, [緊縮], (economics) to reduce/to curtail/to cut back/to tighten/austerity/tightening/cru...
        suōshǒusuōjiǎo, [縮手縮腳], bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
        wèisuōbùqián, [畏縮不前], to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
        
        sèsuō, [瑟縮], to curl up shivering (from cold)/timid and trembling (in fear)/to shrink/to cowe...
        
        guīsuō, [龜縮], to withdraw/to hole up
        nóngsuōyóu, [濃縮鈾], enriched uranium
        
        jiéyīsuōshí, [節衣縮食], to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
        
        
        
        
        
        

        shíwù, food/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        shí/sì, to eat/food/animal feed/eclipse, to feed (a person or animal)
        shípǐn, foodstuff/food/provisions/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        yǐnshí, [飲食], food and drink/diet
        měishí, culinary delicacy/fine food/gourmet food
        língshí, between-meal nibbles/snacks
        jìnshí, [進食], to take a meal/to eat
        sùshí, vegetables/vegetarian food
        xīshí, to suck/to take in
        liángshi, [糧食], foodstuff/cereals/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        jiéshí, [節食], to save food/to go on a diet
        shípǔ, [食譜], cookbook/recipe/diet/CL:份[fèn],個|个[gè]
        shítáng, dining hall/CL:個|个[gè],間|间[jiān]
        shíyán, lit. to eat one's words/to break a promise/to go back on one's word/to renege/un...
        shúshí, cooked food/prepared food/deli food
        shíwùzhòngdú, food poisoning
        shíyòng, food product/to use as food/edible
        shíyù, [食慾], appetite
        tiánshí, dessert/sweet
        shízhǐ, index finger/mouths to feed
        huǒshí, food/meals
        zìshíqíguǒ, to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own act...
        shíwùliàn, [食物鏈], food chain
        yànshízhèng, [厭食症], anorexia
        sùshízhě, vegetarian
        bǔshí, to prey on/to catch and feed on/to hunt for food
        ròushí, carnivorous
        shídào, esophagus/the proper way to eat/food transportation route
        juéshí, [絕食], to go on a hunger strike
        mìshí, [覓食], to forage/to hunt for food/to scavenge/fig. to make a living
        zìshíqílì, lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)/fig. to stand on one's own feet/to ea...
        yīshí, clothes and food
        tūnshí, to devour
        cánshí, [蠶食], to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves)/fig. to embezzle progressively
        
        jìnshí, to fast/to abstain from eating/to forbid the eating of (certain foods)/a fast
        shànshí, meal
宿         shísù, board and lodging/room and board
        rìshí, solar eclipse
        ruòròuqiángshí, [弱肉強食], lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior/the law of...
        měishíjiā, gourmet
        shíkè, diner (in a restaurant etc)/hanger-on/sponger
        yuèshí, lunar eclipse/eclipse of the moon
        qǐnshínánān, [寢食難安], lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)/fig. extremely worried and troubled
        shíguǎn, esophagus
        
        huǒshífèi, [伙食費], food expenses/board expenses/meals (cost)
        
        tiāoshí, to be picky about food
        yīshífùmǔ, the people one depends upon for one's livelihood/one's bread and butter
        shícǎodòngwù, [食草動物], herbivore
        fēngyīzúshí, [豐衣足食], having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
        miànshí, [麵食], food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
        shíliáng, [食糧], food cereals
        yànshí, [厭食], anorexia
        
        fèiqǐnwàngshí, [廢寢忘食], to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)/to skip one's sleep and meals/to ...
        shíliàng, quantity of food
        yīshízhùxíng, clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs
        xiāoshí, to aid digestion
        shíyǐshòu, [食蟻獸], ant-eater (several different species)
        shíyán, [食鹽], edible salt
        
        zhǔshí, main food/staple (rice and noodles)
        fùshípǐn, non-staple foods/(Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formul...
        
        
        zhuóshí, (of a bird) to peck at food
        
        shèshí, [攝食], to consume
        shíbùguǒfù, lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)/fig. poverty-stricken
        
        shígǔbùhuà, to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)/to be pedantic without ...
        
        
        
        
        
        qǐshí, to beg for food
        
        sùshídiàn, fast food shop
        
        
        mínyǐshíwéitiān, [民以食為天], Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need./Fo...
        
        shíyánérféi, lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)/fig. not to live up to one's promise...
        shíliáo, [食療], food therapy/treatment via food (TCM)
        
        jiéyīsuōshí, [節衣縮食], to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
        
        shíhuǒjī, [食火雞], cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Austra...
        rìquánshí, total eclipse of the sun
        quēyīshǎoshí, short of food and clothing/destitute
        yīnyēfèishí, [因噎廢食], lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite...
        fànshí, [飯食], food
        
        záshí, [雜食], omnivorous (zoolog.)/snacks/a varied diet
        
        
        
        
        yuèquánshí, total lunar eclipse
        
        yuèpiānshí, partial eclipse of the moon
        fùshí, non-staple food/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        
        
        
        shícáo, manger
        
        piānshí, partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy)/having likes and dislikes/partia...
        

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