俭以养廉

frugality makes honesty (idiom)

Characters and words in 俭以养廉

frugal / thrifty / needy

= + : 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.
old variant of 以[yi3]
old variant of 以[yi3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 㠯 looks like a cool pair of safety goggles.

A ghost (尸) has been hiding from Maud Younger (Ø3) in a mandarin (口). Maud finds the mandarin in the space station's living room (Ø3) and squeezes the ghost out, and in order to (㠯) be protected from the mandarin juice flying all around in zero gravity she is wearing safety goggles (㠯).
abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

= + : So this is Neanderthal Man with a fake nose. He has bushy eyebrows, so my symbol for 以 is going to be one of these fake noses that come with additional glasses, eyebrows, and a moustache: Groucho glasses.

= + : Maud Younger and Neanderthal Man prepared some costumes for Halloween in the space station. Neanderthal Man created a big fake nose, while Maud Younger made a pair of Groucho glasses.
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth

= + : Maud Younger wants to send a sheep to the moon using a rocket in the anglepod.
to encourage honesty / to discourage corruption
old variant of 廉[lian2]

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
old variant of 廉[lian2]

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
surname Lian

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).

Words with 俭以养廉

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Sentences with 俭以养廉

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