to save, be thrifty, economize; economical ☊ 
节省 → ☊ 
tiết kiệm 
save like: tiết kiệm → →
sparen ☊ 
tiết kiệm ☊ 
节省 ☊ jiéshěng Energie sparen ☊ tiết kiệm năng lượng ☊ 节约能源 ☊ jiéyuē néngyuán sparen ☊ tiết kiệm ☊ ☊ Energie sparen ☊ tiết kiệm năng lượng ☊ ☊ Wir konnten Zeit sparen. ☊ Chúng ta đã có thể tiết kiệm thời gian. ☊ (Lektion 117, Nr. 2211) I paid the cheque into my savings account. ☊ account ☊
a water-saving device ☊ device ☊
electrical labour-saving devices around the home ☊ device ☊
fuel-efficient cars (= that do not use much fuel) ☊ efficient ☊
effort (to do sth): The company has laid off 150 workers in an effort to save money. ☊ effort ☊
While I was saving I had no money for little extras or luxuries. ☊ extra ☊
Buying a cheap computer is a false economy (= will not actually save you money). ☊ FALSE ☊
You should get into the routine of saving the document you are working on every ten minutes. ☊ get into sth ☊
We're going to buy a house when we've saved enough money. ☊ be going to do sth ☊
invest sth (in sth): He invested his life savings in his daughter's business. ☊ invest ☊
leave of sth: They are fighting to save what is left of their business. ☊ leave ☊
to borrow/save/spend/earn money ☊ money ☊
option (to do sth): A savings plan that gives you the option to vary your monthly payments. ☊ option ☊
I paid for the damage out of my savings. ☊ out ☊
a savings plan ☊ plan ☊
I usually buy packs of prepared vegetables to save time. ☊ prepared ☊
to save a penalty ☊ save ☊
save doing sth: He's grown a beard to save shaving. ☊ save ☊
save sb doing sth: If you phone for an appointment, it'll save you waiting. ☊ save ☊
save sth: We'll take a cab to save time. ☊ save ☊
Book early and save £50! ☊ save ☊
We should try to save water. ☊ save ☊
save sth on sth: The government is trying to save £1 million on defence. ☊ save ☊
save sb sth (on sth): If we go this way it will save us two hours on the trip. ☊ save ☊
save on sth: I save on fares by walking to work. ☊ save ☊
save sth (for sth/sb): He's saving his strength for the last part of the race. ☊ save ☊
We'll eat some now and save some for tomorrow. ☊ save ☊
Save some food for me. ☊ save ☊
I'm not very good at saving. ☊ save ☊
save (up) (for sth): I'm saving for a new bike. ☊ save ☊
We've been saving up to go to Australia. ☊ save ☊
save sth (up) (for sth): You should save a little each week. ☊ save ☊
I've saved almost £100 so far. ☊ save ☊
save sb/sth: to save sb's life ☊ save ☊
save sb/sth (from sth): to save a rare species (from extinction) ☊ save ☊
Money from local businesses helped save the school from closure. ☊ save ☊
Buy three and make a saving of 55p. ☊ saving ☊
With the new boiler you can make big savings on fuel bills. ☊ saving ☊
He put all his savings into buying a boat. ☊ saving ☊
I opened a savings account at my local bank. ☊ saving ☊
tip (on/for sth): useful tips on how to save money ☊ tip ☊