由俭入奢易

由儉入奢易
yóujiǎnrùshēyì
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 going from frugal to lavish is easy
  2. 2 it's easy to adopt luxury, hard to give it up
  3. 3 line from Sima Guang's family letter warning against extravagance

Examples

Yóu jiǎn rù shē yì, yóu shē rù jiǎn nán, suǒyǐ yào cóngxiǎo yǎngchéng jiéjiǎn de xíguàn.
Easy to go from thrift to luxury, hard to go back — so children should learn to be frugal.
Tā zhǎng le gōngzī jiù kāishǐ dàshǒu dàjiǎo, yóu jiǎn rù shē yì a.
As soon as he got a raise he started splurging — sliding from frugality to excess is easy, indeed.

Stroke Order

yóu
jiǎn
shē