開源節流

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	root; source; origin	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (開源節流)		開	源	節	流
simp. (开源节流)		开	源	节	流
Literally: “to open a source and restrict the flow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiyuánjiéliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ jyun⁴ zit³ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiyuánjiéliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiyuánjiélióu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-yüan²-chieh²-liu²
    • Yale: kāi-ywán-jyé-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiyuanjyeliou
    • Palladius: кайюаньцзелю (kajjuanʹczelju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ jyun⁴ zit³ lau⁴
    • Yale: hōi yùhn jit làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ jyn⁴ dzit⁸ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ yun⁴ jid³ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ t͡siːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

開源節流

1. (figurative) to increase income and reduce spending