省吃儉用

省
省
吃
吃
俭
儉
用
用
to live frugally / to economize on food and clothing / to scrimp and save

Characters and words in 省吃儉用

省
shěng = sh + (e)ng3
to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department
省 = 少 + 目 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a new office in the engine ((e)ng3), and to celebrate it he distributed saving (省) vouchers with little smileys (少) on them. Shortly afterwards the eye of providence (目) visits his office, all of the vouchers in his hands to save (省) on the bill, demanding Sherlock's services.
省
xǐng = xi + (e)ng3
to inspect / to examine / to be aware / to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
吃
chi̅ = ch + Ø1
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
吃 = 乞 + 口 : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
吃
喫
chi̅ = ch + Ø1
variant of 吃[chi1]
吃 = 乞 + 口 : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
俭
儉
jiǎn = ji + an3
frugal / thrifty / needy
俭 = 亻 + 佥 : General Fu Qian (佥) is a very rich and respected general, but he still lives very frugal (俭). To amuse himself he merely visits the anthill's bar (an3) and puts one arm around Joan of Arc (ji) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) respectively.
俭
儉
用
用
to skimp / to be frugal
用
yòng = yu + (e)ng4
to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore
用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?
用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.

Words with 省吃儉用

省吃儉用 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 省吃儉用

省吃儉用 currently does not appear in any sentence.