Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

捉襟見肘

zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu

ㄓㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄡˇ

Simplified 捉襟见肘

  1. 1lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  2. 2strapped for cash
  3. 3unable to make ends meet

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