奢入儉難 shē rù jiǎn nán

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

奢 shē extravagant, wasteful; exaggerate
入 rù enter, come in(to), join
儉 jiǎn temperate, frugal, economical
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable