zimai字脈
LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English
Mandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗
DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

儉以養廉

简 俭以养廉 · 繁 儉以養廉
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián

Meanings

  1. (idiom) frugality makes honesty
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

儉
Look up this written character
以
yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
養
yǎng · raise, rear, bring up; support
廉
lián · upright, honorable, honest
俭
jiǎn · temperate, frugal, economical
养
yǎng · raise, rear, bring up; support
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Entries containing 儉以養廉 ↗Words written with 儉 ↗Words written with 以 ↗Words written with 養 ↗Words written with 廉 ↗Words written with 俭 ↗Words written with 养 ↗

Mandarin tones

3–3–3–2 · jian3 yi3 yang3 lian2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gim6 ji5 joeng5 lim4

Cantonese word readings for 儉以養廉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

gim6 ji5 joeng5 lim4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.