厲行節約

Chinese

		to strictly enforce; to rigorously enforce; to make great efforts to carry out	to economise; to conserve; frugal to economise; to conserve; frugal; thrifty; economical
trad. (厲行節約)		厲行	節約
simp. (厉行节约)		厉行	节约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìxíngjiéyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ hang⁴ zit³ joek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìxíngjiéyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìsíngjiéyue
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-hsing²-chieh²-yüeh¹
    • Yale: lì-syíng-jyé-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyngjyeiue
    • Palladius: лисинцзеюэ (lisinczejue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ hang⁴ zit³ joek³
    • Yale: laih hàhng jit yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ hang⁴ dzit⁸ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ heng⁴ jid³ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² hɐŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³ jœːk̚³/

Idiom

厲行節約

1. to practise strict economy

   • 要使我國富強起來，需要幾十年艱苦奮鬥的時間，其中包括執行厲行節約、反對浪費這樣一個勤儉建國的方針。 [MSC, trad.]
     要使我国富强起来，需要几十年艰苦奋斗的时间，其中包括执行厉行节约、反对浪费这样一个勤俭建国的方针。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yào shǐ wǒguó fùqiáng qilai, xūyào jǐshí nián jiānkǔfèndòu de shíjiān, qízhōng bāokuò zhíxíng lìxíngjiéyuē, fǎnduì làngfèi zhèyàng yīge qínjiǎnjiànguó de fāngzhēn. [Pinyin]

     To make China prosperous and strong needs several decades of hard struggle, which means, among other things, pursuing the policy of building up our country through diligence and thrift, that is, practicing strict economy and fighting waste.