Thanh đạm, sơ sài

( + with/of/in) tiết kiệm, tằn tiện, dè xẻn, không hoang phí

sparing of words

ít nói

sparing of one's energy

không hoang phí sức lực

Adj.

Thrifty, saving, frugal, spare, careful, prudent,parsimonious, economical, penurious, mean; penny-pinching,stingy, niggardly, miserly, close, close-fisted, cheap, Colloqtight, tight-fisted, Brit mingy: As sparing in his praise as hewas in his purse, General Waller rarely complimented his troops.2 See sparse, 2 below.

Adj.

Inclined to save; economical.

Restrained; limited.

Sparingly adv. sparingness n.