积攒 jīzǎn to save bit by bit
to save bit by bit; to accumulate
How to remember 积攒: 积 store up + 攒 to save = to save bit by bit.
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How it is used
- To save up / accumulate little by little - 他积攒了多年的积蓄 (tā jīzǎn le duōnián de jīxù) he has scrimped and saved for years.
- Colloquial, stressing patient bit-by-bit hoarding, often of money or small things. Contrast 积累 (jīlěi), which suits abstract things like experience.