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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
從儉	从俭	[[cong2jian3]]	/economical; modest/	109	2
豐儉由人	丰俭由人	[[feng1jian3-you2ren2]]	/fancy or simple according to one's budget/	137	2
儉	俭	[[jian3]]	/(bound form) frugal; thrifty/	446	2
倹	倹	[jian3]	/Japanese variant of 儉\|俭[jian3]/	5811	1
儉素	俭素	[jian3 su4]	/thrifty and plain/	5921	1
儉薄	俭薄	[[jian3bo2]]	/meager; poor/	463	2
儉腹	俭腹	[[jian3fu4]]	/lacking in knowledge; ignorant/	468	2
儉樸	俭朴	[[jian3pu3]]	/thrifty and simple/	496	2
儉省	俭省	[[jian3sheng3]]	/thrifty; economical; sparing/	435	2
儉學	俭学	[[jian3xue2]]	/to be frugal so that one can pay for one's education/	473	2
儉以養廉	俭以养廉	[[jian3yi3yang3lian2]]	/(idiom) frugality makes honesty/	153	2
儉用	俭用	[[jian3yong4]]	/to economize; to be frugal/	29	2
儉約	俭约	[[jian3yue1]]	/frugal; economical; thrifty/	468	2
節儉	节俭	[[jie2jian3]]	/frugal; economical/	472	2
戒奢崇儉	戒奢崇俭	[jie4 she1 chong2 jian3]	/(idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality/	632	1
克儉	克俭	[[ke4jian3]]	/thrifty; frugal/	430	2
克勤克儉	克勤克俭	[[ke4qin2-ke4jian3]]	/(idiom) industrious and frugal/	166	2
慳儉	悭俭	[[qian1jian3]]	/miserly; stingy/	471	2
勤工儉學	勤工俭学	[qin2 gong1 jian3 xue2]	/to work part-time while studying/work-study program/	632	1
勤儉辦企業	勤俭办企业	[qin2 jian3 ban4 qi3 ye4]	/to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily/	5811	1
勤儉辦社	勤俭办社	[qin2 jian3 ban4 she4]	/to manage communes diligently and thriftily/	632	1
勤儉辦學	勤俭办学	[qin2 jian3 ban4 xue2]	/to run a school diligently and thriftily/	5811	1
勤儉持家	勤俭持家	[qin2 jian3 chi2 jia1]	/hardworking and thrifty in running one's household/	4784	1
勤儉建國	勤俭建国	[qin2 jian3 jian4 guo2]	/(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work/	632	1
勤儉節約	勤俭节约	[qin2 jian3 jie2 yue1]	/(idiom) diligent and thrifty/	632	1
勤儉樸實	勤俭朴实	[qin2 jian3 pu3 shi2]	/(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious/	632	1
勤儉樸素	勤俭朴素	[qin2 jian3 pu3 su4]	/(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious/	632	1
勤儉務實	勤俭务实	[qin2 jian3 wu4 shi2]	/hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic/	5811	1
勤儉	勤俭	[[qin2jian3]]	/hardworking and frugal/	487	2
省吃儉用	省吃俭用	[sheng3 chi1 jian3 yong4]	/to live frugally/	632	1
省儉	省俭	[[sheng3jian3]]	/frugal; thrifty/	340	2
溫良恭儉	温良恭俭	[wen1 liang2 gong1 jian3]	/temperate, kind, courteous and restrained/	1770	1
溫良恭儉讓	温良恭俭让	[wen1 liang2 gong1 jian3 rang4]	/temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous/	1770	1
由儉入奢易，由奢入儉難	由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难	[you2 jian3 ru4 she1 yi4 , you2 she1 ru4 jian3 nan2]	/(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy/	632	1
知慳識儉	知悭识俭	[zhi1 qian1 shi2 jian3]	/(idiom) to know how to be economical/	632	1
自奉甚儉	自奉甚俭	[zi4 feng4 shen4 jian3]	/(idiom) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures/	632	1
自奉儉約	自奉俭约	[[zi4feng4-jian3yue1]]	/(idiom) to live frugally/	497	2

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