勒紧裤带

to tighten one's belt / to live more frugally

Characters and words in 勒紧裤带

to rein in / to compel / to force / to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead / bridle / (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) constructed a mechanical bull in the elevator's bathroom (e4), mainly just using a cow's hide (革) and a power button (力). To rein in (勒) the wild mechanical bull he presses the button and rides the bull again and again.
to strap tightly / to bind
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

= + : In the encampment Joan of Arc is very tense to finally open her present. It is a radio receiver which has been tightly packed in fine silk. Finally when she's finally allowed she urgently opens the package.
variant of 褲|裤[ku4]

= + : Karl Koala (ku) ordered the emperor's new clothes on the internet and put them on this morning in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He steps out of his garage (库) wearing nothing but underpants (裤) and an royal ermine coat (衤).
underpants / trousers / pants

= + : Karl Koala (ku) ordered the emperor's new clothes on the internet and put them on this morning in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He steps out of his garage (库) wearing nothing but underpants (裤) and an royal ermine coat (衤).
belt (in trousers) / CL:根[gen1]
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

= + + : Don Quixote purchased thirty cooking tops in the airplane's bathroom to build new armor out of them. Now the question is: how does he get them home? Finally he has a good idea: He spreads out a towel on the floor, stacks the thirty cooking tops as a pyramid and pulls the towel with a belt. It works! This way he can bring them back to his place.

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