僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎo not enough to go around Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎo not enough to go around literally 'many monks and little gruel'; describes a situation where there are too many people and not enough resources, jobs, or supplies to satisfy everyone Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.382 per million Cross-References Synonym 人浮于事 rénfúyúshìVariant of 粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎo not enough to go around literally 'many monks and little gruel'; describes a situation where there are too many people and not enough resources, jobs, or supplies to satisfy everyone Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.382 per million Cross-References Synonym 人浮于事 rénfúyúshìVariant of 粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
