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jié shěng
v. to use sparingly, to cut down, to save, to economize
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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shàng kè shí lù yīn, jié shěng le hěn duō jì lù de shí jian .
phr. Recording during classes saved (me) a lot of time for taking notes.
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wèi le jié shěng chéng běn, láo bǎn gù yōng le yì xiē lín shí gōng .
phr. To save costs, the boss hired some temporary workers.
jié shěng kāi zhī
phr. cut down expense
jié shěng chéng běn
phr. save costs
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kàn dào bà ba mā ma shēng huó rú cǐ jié shěng, ér wǒ què huā qián dà shǒu dà jiǎo, wǒ xīn lí hěn bú shì zī wèi .
phr. Upon seeing that my mother and father live such a frugal life, yet I spent money extravagantly, I feel very bad.
jié shěng kōng jiān
phr. to economize on space
jié shěng zī yuán
phr. to economize on resources
jié shéng zhǐ zhāng
phr. to economize on paper