等米下鍋
děng​mǐ​xià​guō

to live hand to mouth

  • created sense approved 等米下锅/等米下鍋 · děng​mǐ​xià​guō · to live hand to mouth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    等米下锅 / 等米下鍋

    děng​mǐ​xià​guō

    to live hand to mouth

    To wait for rice to put in the pot; to be in extreme financial distress or poverty

    等 (literal) → 等 · děng · to wait 米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice 下锅 (literal) → 下锅/下鍋 · xià​guō · to put into a pot

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 等米下锅/等米下鍋 · děng​mǐ​xià​guō · to wait for necessary conditions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    等米下锅 / 等米下鍋

    děng​mǐ​xià​guō

    to wait for necessary conditions

    To wait passively for necessary materials or a precondition to be met before work can proceed rather than taking the initiative

    等 (literal) → 等 · děng · to wait 米 (literal) → 米 · mǐ · rice 下锅 (literal) → 下锅/下鍋 · xià​guō · to put into a pot

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

    created sense