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寅支卯粮
yín​zhī​mǎo​liáng

to spend tomorrow's money today

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
寅支卯粮 寅支卯糧 yín​zhī​mǎo​liáng
to spend tomorrow's money today
To eat next year's grain in advance; to live beyond one's means or be in financial straits by dipping into future income.

Frequency

Written text
0.002 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 入不敷出 rù​bù​fū​chū

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)