由俭入奢易

由儉入奢易
Yóu jiǎn rù shē yì
quotation

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

Yóujiǎnrùshēyì, yóushērùjiǎnnán, 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 dàshǒudàjiǎo, yóujiǎnrùshēyì a.
As soon as he got a raise he started splurging — sliding from frugality to excess is easy, indeed.

Stroke Order

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