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节省

jié shěng · jie sheng

Traditional 節省

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. saving
  2. to save
  3. to use sparingly
  4. to cut down on
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The wrong train

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)坐(zuò)地铁(dìtiě)吧(ba)，能(néng)节省(jiéshěng)时间(shíjiān)。

    Let's take the subway. It saves time.

  2. Dengdeng

    打车(dǎchē)不是(bùshì)更快(gèngkuài)吗(ma)？

    Isn't a taxi faster?

  3. Liangliang

    路上(lùshang)会(huì)堵车(dǔchē)，坐地铁(zuòdìtiě)又(yòu)节省(jiéshěng)钱(qián)又(yòu)节省(jiéshěng)时间(shíjiān)。

    The road will be jammed. The subway saves both money and time.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，听你的(tīngnǐde)。

    OK, I'll follow you.

  5. Liangliang

    等一下(děngyīxià)，我们(wǒmen)坐(zuò)反(fǎn)方向(fāngxiàng)了(le)！

    Wait, we are going the wrong way!

  6. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)节省(jiéshěng)的(de)时间(shíjiān)都(dōu)没了(méile)。

    All the time we saved is gone.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)条(tiáo)桥(qiáo)为(wèi)我(wǒ)们(men)节(jié)省(shěng)了(le)不(bù)少(shǎo)时(shí)间(jiān)。

The bridge saved us a lot of time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

为(wèi)了(le)节(jié)省(shěng)开(kāi)支(zhī)，我(wǒ)们(men)决(jué)定(dìng)自(zì)己(jǐ)做(zuò)饭(fàn)。

In order to save money, we decided to cook for ourselves.

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