laser2302

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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-08-29 / 12:03AM

Benny, what does 节约 means in the following sentence?

这个世界上吃的节约的人太多了

Thanks!

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lulanke

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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-08-29 / 03:49PM

你好李孔先生 Hello lee kong,

I found 节约 means economize, save
To check it I always look for it in google and I found this http://www.jieyue.net/, a Chinese site about saving?
If you look for pictures with 节约, then indeed you will find pictures concerning saving.
[节 means to knot, join 约 means to make an apointment, so to make a apointment to tie a knot in your pocket as to save money hahahaha)

Hope this answers your question.

我在词典里找到“节约”的意思是
留存[保持]钱,不耗费钱。
如果你在谷歌(GOOGLE)找关于“节约”你可以
猜“节约”的意思。
(要是我写错了你得名字,抱歉我)

万事如意

陆蓝克

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2009-08-30 / 12:51PM
To : Roland Parijs

I was told by some Chinese friends that this means to “waste food”, I was confused by that, I also first thought that it means to save food for later maybe.

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