粥少僧多
zhōu shǎo sēng duō
Pinyin

Definition

粥少僧多
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zhōu shǎo sēng duō
  1. see 僧多粥少[sēng duō zhōu shǎo]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多
duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
唐僧
Táng sēng
  1. 1 Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
多久
duō jiǔ
  1. 1 how long?
多半
duō bàn
  1. 1 most
  2. 2 mostly
  3. 3 most likely
多多
duō duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 a lot
  4. 4 lots and lots
  5. 5 more
  6. 6 even more
多情
duō qíng
  1. 1 affectionate
  2. 2 passionate
  3. 3 emotional
  4. 4 sentimental
多数
duō shù
  1. 1 majority
  2. 2 most
多谢
duō xiè
  1. 1 many thanks
  2. 2 thanks a lot
多变
duō biàn
  1. 1 fickle
  2. 2 multi-variate (math.)
多云
duō yún
  1. 1 cloudy (meteorology)
多余
duō yú
  1. 1 superfluous
  2. 2 unnecessary
  3. 3 surplus
多么
duō me
  1. 1 how (wonderful etc)
  2. 2 what (a great idea etc)
  3. 3 however (difficult it may be etc)
  4. 4 (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
  5. 5 to what extent
大多
dà duō
  1. 1 for the most part
  2. 2 many
  3. 3 most
  4. 4 the greater part
  5. 5 mostly
大多数
dà duō shù
  1. 1 (great) majority
好多
hǎo duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 quite a lot
  3. 3 much better
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
  1. 1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
名目繁多
míng mù fán duō
  1. 1 names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
多个朋友多条路
duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lù
  1. 1 the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
多吃多占
duō chī duō zhàn
  1. 1 taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
多此一举
duō cǐ yī jǔ
  1. 1 to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous
  2. 2 gilding the lily

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