be neither extravagant nor thrifty
Not frugal, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù f ē NGB ù Ji ǎ n, which means not extravagant, not frugal, more or less appropriate. It comes from the book of rites.
Idiom explanation
It means not extravagant, not thrifty, more or less appropriate.
usage
As a predicate, attribute, adverbial
The origin of Idioms
"The book of rites · ritual vessels": "ritual is different, no harvest, no kill." See "no harvest, no kill".
Example (Master) and then came over here to have a look. It's all right. Master is very happy.
The second and third chapters of heroes and heroines
Discrimination of words
Neither abundance nor killing
Extravagance and waste
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