cần kiệm
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Industrious and thrifty: The primary meaning of "cần kiệm" describes a person's character as being both hardworking and careful with money or resources. It combines diligence in labor with frugality in spending.
- Frugal and diligent: Emphasizes the dual qualities of being economical and consistently hardworking.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy là một người rất cần kiệm. (He is a very industrious and thrifty person.)
- Lối sống cần kiệm giúp gia đình họ vượt qua khó khăn. (An industrious and thrifty lifestyle helped their family overcome difficulties.)
- Bà ấy dạy con cái phải biết cần kiệm. (She teaches her children to be industrious and thrifty.)
Advanced Usage
- "cần kiệm liêm chính": A common four-virtue phrase meaning "industrious, thrifty, honest, and upright," often used to describe ideal civic or official virtues.
- Một công chức phải giữ đức tính cần kiệm liêm chính. (A public servant must uphold the virtues of being industrious, thrifty, honest, and upright.)
Variants and Related Words
Cần cù (adj): diligent, hardworking. (Focuses only on the hardworking aspect).
- Người nông dân cần cù. (The diligent farmer.)
Tiết kiệm (adj, v): thrifty, economical; to save. (Focuses only on the thrifty/economical aspect).
- Cô ấy tiết kiệm tiền để mua nhà. (She saves money to buy a house.)
Synonyms
- Frugal and diligent: Careful in spending and hardworking.
- Hardworking and economical: Emphasizes both labor and resource management.
Related Idioms
- Ăn cần ở kiệm: To live diligently and thriftily. This idiom directly uses the components of "cần kiệm" to describe a lifestyle.
- Gia đình họ có truyền thống ăn cần ở kiệm. (Their family has a tradition of living diligently and thriftily.)
- Industrious and thrifty