朝不谋夕
zhāo​bù​móu​xī

to live hand-to-mouth

  • created sense approved 朝不谋夕/朝不謀夕 · zhāo​bù​móu​xī · to live hand-to-mouth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    朝不谋夕 / 朝不謀夕

    zhāo​bù​móu​xī

    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

    zhāo​bù​móu​xì

    朝 (literal) → 朝 · zhāo · morning 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 谋 (literal) → 谋/謀 · móu · to plan 夕 (literal) → 夕 · xī · evening

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

    created sense