Read Edit View history 粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō not enough to go around Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō not enough to go around literally meaning many monks but little porridge; used to describe a situation where demand exceeds supply or there are too many people for too few resources Frequency Written text 0.028 per million Cross-References Same as 僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎoSynonym 人浮于事 rénfúyúshì杯水车薪 bēishuǐchēxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
粥少僧多 zhōushǎosēngduō not enough to go around literally meaning many monks but little porridge; used to describe a situation where demand exceeds supply or there are too many people for too few resources Frequency Written text 0.028 per million Cross-References Same as 僧多粥少 sēngduōzhōushǎoSynonym 人浮于事 rénfúyúshì杯水车薪 bēishuǐchēxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)