勤儉建國

Chinese

		hardworking and thrifty	to found a country; to establish a nation-state; to build a nation
trad. (勤儉建國)		勤儉	建國
simp. (勤俭建国)		勤俭	建国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qínjiǎnjiànguó

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kan⁴ gim⁶ gin³ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qínjiǎnjiànguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cínjiǎnjiànguó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin²-chien³-chien⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: chín-jyǎn-jyàn-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynjeanjianngwo
  - Palladius: циньцзяньцзяньго (cinʹczjanʹczjanʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kan⁴ gim⁶ gin³ gwok³
  - Yale: kàhn gihm gin gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kan⁴ gim⁶ gin³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ken⁴ gim⁶ gin³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐn²¹ kiːm²² kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

Idiom

勤儉建國

to build up a country through diligence and thrift
- 要使我國富強起來，需要幾十年艱苦奮鬥的時間，其中包括執行厲行節約、反對浪費這樣一個勤儉建國的方針。 [MSC, trad.]
  要使我国富强起来，需要几十年艰苦奋斗的时间，其中包括执行厉行节约、反对浪费这样一个勤俭建国的方针。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Yào shǐ wǒguó fùqiáng qilai, xūyào jǐshí nián jiānkǔfèndòu de shíjiān, qízhōng bāokuò zhíxíng lìxíngjiéyuē, fǎnduì làngfèi zhèyàng yīge qínjiǎnjiànguó de fāngzhēn. [Pinyin]
  To make China prosperous and strong needs several decades of hard struggle, which means, among other things, pursuing the policy of building up our country through diligence and thrift, that is, practicing strict economy and fighting waste.

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