Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「黜衣縮食」, with details below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「黜衣縮食」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
To live frugally means to save on clothing and food and strive to be economical in daily life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chù yī suō shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeut1 yi1 suk1 sik6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
