粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō not enough to go around Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō not enough to go around literally meaning many monks but little porridge; used to describe a situation where demand exceeds supply or there are too many people for too few resources Frequency Written text 0.028 per million Cross-References Same as 僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎoSynonym 人浮于事 rénfúyúshì杯水车薪 bēishuǐchēxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō not enough to go around literally meaning many monks but little porridge; used to describe a situation where demand exceeds supply or there are too many people for too few resources Frequency Written text 0.028 per million Cross-References Same as 僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎoSynonym 人浮于事 rénfúyúshì杯水车薪 bēishuǐchēxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
