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
开辟水源,节制水流。比喻增加财物来源并节省开支。
联合式;作谓语、定语、分句;含褒义
开:劝课;源:水源。开发水源,节制水流。比喻增加收入,节省开支。
《荀子·富国》:“故明主必谨养其和,节其流,开其源,而时斟酌焉,潢然使天下必有余,而上不忧不足。”
理财之道,不外开源节流。 ◎《清史稿·英和传》