Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

入不敷出

rùbùfūchū

ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ

  1. 1income does not cover expenditure
  2. 2unable to make ends meet
Example

我建議你永遠不要入不敷出。

wǒ jiànyì nǐ yǒngyuǎn búyào rùbùfūchū

I advise you never to live beyond your income.

Keep 入不敷出 and it comes back until you know it.

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