zhī qiān shí jiǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to know how to be economical
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Original source entry:

知慳識儉 知悭识俭 [zhi1 qian1 shi2 jian3] /(idiom) to know how to be economical/

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