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寅吃卯粮
yín​chī​mǎo​liáng

living beyond means

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
寅吃卯粮 (寅吃卯糧) yín​chī​mǎo​liáng
living beyond means idiom
To spend income or resources in advance; to live beyond one's current financial capacity by using future funds.

Frequency

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0.173 per million

Cross-References

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  • 寅支卯粮 yín​zhī​mǎo​liáng

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)