入不敷出 - income does not cover expenditure, unable to make ends meet - rù bù fū chū | Definition | ChinesePod.com

入不敷出

rù bù fū chū

Pinyin

Definition

入不敷出

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rù bù fū chū

income does not cover expenditure
unable to make ends meet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù

1 (negative prefix)
2 not
3 no

bù jiǔ

1 not long (after)
2 before too long
3 soon
4 soon after

bù yì lè hū

1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
3 awfully

bù dàn

1 not only (... but also...)

bù jǐn

1 not only (this one)
2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休

yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
3 in for a penny, in for a pound

一问三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
3 complete ignorance

一尘不染

yī chén bù rǎn

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
2 spotless

一字不提

yī zì bù tí

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

你果然还是克制不住疯狂“剁手”的欲望呀!只是现在经济下行，还是应当谨慎支出，当心不要“入不敷出”呢。

nǐ guǒrán háishi kèzhì bùzhù fēngkuáng “duò shǒu ”de yùwàng ya !zhǐshì xiànzài jīngjì xiàxíng ，háishi yīngdāng jǐnshèn zhīchū ，dāngxīn bùyào “rùbùfūchū ”ne 。

You really cannot control your desire to shop! However as the economy is slowing down it’s better to be careful with our expenses to avoid overspending.

每个地方都不太一样。像经济发达的地区，比如江浙、广东，一个月有八百多块。而有些内陆城市可能才四五百。连北京也只有七百多一点。你想想，在大城市，这点钱肯定入不敷出。

měi ge dìfang dōu bù tài yíyàng 。xiàng jīngjì fādá de dìqū ，bǐrú Jiāng Zhè 、Guǎngdōng ，yī ge yuè yǒu bā bǎi duō kuài 。ér yǒuxiē nèilù chéngshì kěnéng cái sì wǔ bǎi 。lián Běijīng yě zhǐyǒu qībǎi duō yīdiǎn 。nǐ xiǎngxiang ，zài dà chéngshì ，zhè diǎn qián kěndìng rùbùfūchū 。