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寅支卯糧 (jan4 zi1 maau5 loeng4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

寅支卯糧 (jan4 zi1 maau5 loeng4, yín zhī mǎo liáng) — see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 寅食卯糧 (jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4) — one's income is not enough for one's expenditure, resulting in an overdraft
• 寅 (jan4) — 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of…
• 寅吃卯糧 (jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4) — lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's…
• 寅時 (jan4 si4) — 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 寅虎 (jan4 fu2) — Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
• 人一世，物一世 (jan4 jat1 sai3 mat6 jat1 sai3) — we should try everything once because we only live once

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