自奉甚儉

to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures (idiom)

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

variant of 什[shen2]

what / very / extremely / any

to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)

frugal / thrifty / needy