# 节衣缩食 (jiéyīsuōshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 节衣缩食 (jiéyīsuōshí) means “to live frugally”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to live frugally
- Pinyin: jiéyīsuōshí (jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2)
- Traditional: 節衣縮食
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 为了买房，他们节衣缩食了很多年。
  Wèile mǎi fáng, tāmen jiéyīsuōshíle hěn duō nián.
  They lived frugally for many years to buy a house.

## Characters

- [节](https://hanziro.com/word/jie-festival/) (jié): festival; section
- 衣 (yì): to dress; to wear
- [缩](https://hanziro.com/word/suo-shrink/) (suō): to shrink; to pull back
- 食 (shí): to eat; food

https://hanziro.com/word/jie-yi-suo-shi-live-frugally/

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