节省 jiéshěng saving
saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
How to remember 节省: 节 section + 省 province = saving.
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How it is used
- To economize, use sparingly - 节省开支 (jiéshěng kāizhī) cut expenses, 节省时间 save time.
- Near-synonym of 节约 (jiéyuē, conserve/be thrifty); 节省 leans to 'spend/use less of a specific resource', 节约 to conserving as a virtue. The casual verb is just 省 (shěng).
- Takes money, time, energy, materials as objects.
Example sentences
- 电脑为我们节省了很多时间，解决了很多问题。 Diànnǎo wèi wǒmen jiéshěng le hěnduō shíjiān, jiějué le hěnduō wèntí.Computers save us a lot of time and trouble.