奢入儉難 shē rù jiǎn nán

hard to go from luxury back to thrift

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
奢 shē HSK 6
extravagant
入 rù HSK 4
to enter; to go into; to join
儉 jiǎn
frugal; thrifty; needy
難 nán
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty