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省
Meaning
- to save; to economize; to be frugal
- to omit; to delete; to leave out
- province
Example sentence
天啊，省省吧。
Jeez, give it a rest.
The character 省
省 is shěng for saving — 节省, 省钱 — and the same character names a province, which was an office of administration before it was a place. Read xǐng it is examining oneself, 反省.