save money on food and expenses
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǎ och ī Ji ǎ NY ò ng, meaning to save. It's from Pu Songling's turning nightmare.
The origin of Idioms
In the ninth chapter of Pu Songling's "turn nightmare disaster" in the Qing Dynasty: "if you live frugally on the road, you can get home, and you'll go quickly."
Idiom usage
It refers to thrift. He is working outside so that his children can finish their studies.
save money on food and expenses
one is notorious for one 's misdeeds - è jì zhāo zhù
splits off as it meets the edge of knife without effort - yíng rèn bīng jiě