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積穀防饑

简积谷防饥 · 繁積穀防饑

Mandarin · pinyin jī gǔ fáng jī

storing grain against a famine
to lay sth by for a rainy day
also written 積穀防飢

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防: fáng · defend; prevent; embankment
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积: jī · accumulate, store up, amass
谷: gǔ · valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
饥: jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine

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1–3–2–1 · ji1 gu3 fang2 ji1

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zik1 guk1 fong4 gei1

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(idiomatic) to save for a rainy day

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