寅支卯粮
yín​zhī​mǎo​liáng

to spend tomorrow's money today

  • created reference approved 寅支卯粮/寅支卯糧 → 入不敷出 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寅支卯粮 / 寅支卯糧 yín​zhī​mǎo​liáng

    入不敷出 rù​bù​fū​chū

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 寅支卯粮/寅支卯糧 · yín​zhī​mǎo​liáng · to spend tomorrow's money today — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    寅 (literal) → 寅 · yín · 3rd earthly branch 支 (literal) → 支 · zhī · to pay or draw 卯 (literal) → 卯 · mǎo · 4th earthly branch 粮 (literal) → 粮/糧 · liáng · grain

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

    created sense