缩衣节食

縮衣節食
suōyījiéshí
  1. to economize on clothes and food
  2. to scrimp and save (idiom)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 缩 suō
  1. to withdraw
  2. to pull back
  3. to contract
  4. to shrink
  5. to reduce
  6. abbreviation
  7. also pr. sù
2 衣 yī
  1. clothes
  2. Kangxi radical 145

classifier: 件
3 节食 jiéshí
  1. to save food
  2. to go on a diet