開源節流
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Chinese
[edit]| open; operate (vehicle); start | root; source; origin | festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate |
to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move | ||
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| trad. (開源節流) | 開 | 源 | 節 | 流 | |
| simp. (开源节流) | 开 | 源 | 节 | 流 | |
| Literally: “to open a source and restrict the flow”. | |||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kaiyuánjiélióu
- Wade–Giles: kʻai1-yüan2-chieh2-liu2
- Yale: kāi-ywán-jyé-lyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiyuanjyeliou
- Palladius: кайюаньцзелю (kajjuanʹczelju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hoi1 jyun4 zit3 lau4
- Yale: hōi yùhn jit làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoi1 jyn4 dzit8 lau4
- Guangdong Romanization: hoi1 yun4 jid3 leo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]開源節流
- (figurative) to increase income and reduce spending