1 congee

1 (lit.) a pot of porridge

2 (fig.) a complete mess

1 rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc

1 to cook slowly over a low flame

2 pot

3 saucepan

1 to simmer

2 soup made by simmering for a long time

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)

2 fig. not enough to go around

3 demand exceeds supply

1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)