俭薄
俭薄儉薄 jiǎn bó ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄛˊ gim6 bok6
- meager; poor
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More words with these characters
俭
- 节俭節儉 jié jiǎn ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ zit3 gim6 frugal; economical
- 勤工俭学勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ kan4 gung1 gim6 hok6 to work part-time while studying
- 俭学儉學 jiǎn xué ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ gim6 hok6 to be frugal so that one can pay for one's education
- 俭朴儉樸 jiǎn pǔ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄨˇ gim6 pok3 thrifty and simple
- 俭用儉用 jiǎn yòng ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄥˋ gim6 jung6 to economize; to be frugal
- 俭省儉省 jiǎn shěng ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄥˇ gim6 saang2 thrifty; economical; sparing
Idioms with these characters
- 俭以养廉儉以養廉 jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧˇ ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ gim6 ji5 joeng5 lim4 (idiom) frugality makes honesty
- 戒奢崇俭戒奢崇儉 jiè shē chóng jiǎn ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄜ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ gaai3 ce1 sung4 gim6 (idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality
- 克勤克俭克勤克儉 kè qín kè jiǎn ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ hak1 kan4 hak1 gim6 (idiom) industrious and frugal
- 勤俭建国勤儉建國 qín jiǎn jiàn guó ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ kan4 gim6 gin3 gwok3 (idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
- 勤俭节约勤儉節約 qín jiǎn jié yuē ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ kan4 gim6 zit3 joek3 (idiom) diligent and thrifty
- 德薄能鲜德薄能鮮 dé bó néng xiǎn ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ dak1 bok6 nang4 sin2 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1])
- 红颜薄命紅顏薄命 hóng yán bó mìng ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ hung4 ngaan4 bok6 ming6 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
- 厚古薄今 hòu gǔ bó jīn ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ hau5 gu2 bok6 gam1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
- 厚积薄发厚積薄發 hòu jī bó fā ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄚ hau5 zik1 bok6 faat3 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
- 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng ㄏㄡˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄥ hau5 sei2 bok6 sang1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living