repair the old and utilize the waste

repair the old and utilize the waste

Repair the old and make good use of the waste, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ū Ji ù L ì f è I, which means to repair the old and make good use of the waste, refers to strict economy. It comes from the biography of Sima Qian in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Sima Qian in the history of Han Dynasty: "after you and Li, there was a lack of royal way, rites and music declined, Confucius mended the old and raised the old and abandoned the old. Scholars have been discussing poetry and Shu and writing spring and autumn."

Analysis of Idioms

Mending the old and lifting the useless

Idiom usage

It refers to practicing economy.

Examples

We repair the old and make full use of the waste.