缩衣节食

to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)

to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]

clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]

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)

to save food / to go on a diet

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)