入不敷出
rù​bù​fū​chū

to be unable to make ends meet

  • created sense approved 入不敷出 · rù​bù​fū​chū · to be unable to make ends meet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    入不敷出

    rù​bù​fū​chū

    to be unable to make ends meet

    expenditures exceed income; to be in the red

    入 (literal) → 入 · rù · income 不敷 (literal) → 不敷 · bù​fū · insufficient 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to pay out

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

    created sense