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Chinese idioms like 「儉存奢失」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Here’s the idiom 「儉存奢失」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Frugal: thrifty. Save: retain. Luxury: extravagance. Those who are frugal will survive, while those who are extravagant will inevitably perish.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǎn cún shē shī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gim6 chyun4 che1 sat1

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