不俭则匮

bù jiǎn zé kuì

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1. wastage makes one destitute (idiom)

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Child Words of 不俭则匮

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 则 则 zé: (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
• 俭 俭 jiǎn: frugal
• 匮 匮 kuì: to lack