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朝不謀夕
zhāo​bù​móu​xī

to live hand-to-mouth

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朝不谋夕/ 朝不謀夕 zhāo​bù​móu​xī (also zhāo​bù​móu​xì) to live hand-to-mouth

(idiom) to be in a precarious state where one cannot even plan for the evening; unable to plan for the immediate future; in dire straits

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