青黃不接
qīng​huáng​bù​jiē

temporary shortage

  • created sense approved 青黄不接/青黃不接 · qīng​huáng​bù​jiē · temporary shortage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    青黄不接 / 青黃不接

    qīng​huáng​bù​jiē

    temporary shortage

    Literal meaning refers to the period when the old grain is exhausted and the new crop is not yet ripe; used to describe a temporary shortage of resources or a gap in succession of personnel or supplies.

    青黄 (literal) → 青黄/青黃 · qīng​huáng · green crops and yellow grain 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 接 (literal) → 接 · jiē · to follow

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

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