粵

節zit3流lau4

simp节流
zit3 lau4jié liú

English

  1. to control flow
  2. to choke
  3. weir valve
  4. a throttle
  5. a choke
  6. to reduce expenses

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指由開支著手減少資金消耗

Examples

  • 公司今個年度純利比預期少,希望每個部門都幫手開源同節流。

    The company is seeing less profit than expected this year, and it is hoped that every department partake in creating revenue and cutting expenses.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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