积谷防饥
jī gǔ fáng jī
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 積穀防饑
To store up grain against a famine: to save in good times so that you are ready for hard ones. Used as advice about money and planning ahead, like 'saving for a rainy day'.
Tích trữ thóc gạo để phòng lúc đói kém: khi đầy đủ biết dành dụm để phòng lúc túng thiếu. Dùng để khuyên tiết kiệm, biết lo xa trong chuyện tiền bạc.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tích cốc phòng cơ” (tich-coc-phong-co). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
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Common questions
What does “积谷防饥” mean?
To store up grain against a famine: to save in good times so that you are ready for hard ones. Used as advice about money and planning ahead, like 'saving for a rainy day'. Literally: store grain, guard against hunger
Is “积谷防饥” formal or informal?
积谷防饥 is generally neutral.