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勤则不匮

qín zé bù kuì

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Definitions

  1. 1. If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)

Child Words of 勤则不匮

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

匮
kuì

to lack

勤
qín

diligent

不
bù

no; not so

不匮
bù kuì

(literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking