節流

节流
jiéliú
  1. to control flow
  2. to choke
  3. weir valve
  4. a throttle
  5. a choke

CEDICT

減省開支。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 節 jié
  1. joint; node
  2. (bound form) section; segment
  3. solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
  4. seasonal festival
  5. (bound form) to economize; to save
  6. (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
  7. classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
  8. knot (nautical miles per hour)
2 流 liú
  1. to flow
  2. to disseminate
  3. to circulate or spread
  4. to move or drift
  5. to degenerate
  6. to banish or send into exile
  7. stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. class, rate or grade

Containing this entry

全節流 quánjiéliú
  1. full throttle
  2. top speed
節流踏板 jiéliútàbǎn
  1. throttle pedal
  2. accelerator
節流閥 jiéliúfá a throttle
開源節流 kāiyuánjiéliú
  1. lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
  2. to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure

Related entries

咽 yè to choke (in crying)
不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

Source: Tatoeba

嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
嗈 yōng to choke
噎 yē
  1. to choke (on)
  2. to choke up
  3. to suffocate
噎住 yēzhù
  1. to choke (on)
  2. to choke off (in speech)
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