人浮于食
rén​fú​yú​shí

overstaffed

  • created sense approved 人浮于食/人浮於食 · rén​fú​yú​shí · overstaffed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人浮于食 / 人浮於食

    rén​fú​yú​shí

    overstaffed

    to have more staff than there is work; a situation where the number of personnel exceeds the actual requirement

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · manpower 浮 (literal) → 浮 · fú · excessive 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · than 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense