入不敷出
Traditional form:
入不敷出
Pinyin (reading):
rùbùfūchū
Definitions:
- income does not cover expenditure
- unable to make ends meet
Characters:
- 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 敷 - to apply, to paint, to spread
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
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