- lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
- to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
Characters
- 开 (開): to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 源 (源): root; source; origin
- 节 (節): see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- 流 (流): to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
Resources
- Wiktionary: 开源节流
- MDBG: 开源节流
- Examples with 开源节流 on Tatoeba
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