勤俭起家
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 勤儉起家
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- (verb, idiom) to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
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Related Words
一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)— lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→夙兴夜寐(sù xīng yè mèi)— to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
→勤俭建国(qín jiǎn jiàn guó)— to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
→俾夜作昼(bǐ yè zuò zhòu)— lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
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