省俭

tā rì zi guò de hěn shěng jiǎn

他日子过得很省俭。

He lived very frugally.

wèi le mǎi nà běn shū wǒ bù dé bù zài chī de fāng miàn shěng jiǎn

为了买那本书，我不得不在吃的方面省俭。

I have to pinch on food to buy that book.