不俭则匮

bù jiǎn zé kuì

释义

1. wastage makes one destitute (idiom)

不俭则匮 的构成词

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