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寅食卯糧 (jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4) — living on credit in Cantonese

janˎ₄寅sikˍ₆食maauˏ₅卯loengˎ₄糧
简 寅食卯粮
Mandarin Pinyin: yin2 shi2 mao3 liang2

Meaning of 寅食卯糧

nounliving on credit
nounone's income is not enough for one's expenditure, resulting in an overdraft

Characters in 寅食卯糧

寅jan4
third of the 12 Earthly Branches; Chinese Zodiac Tiger
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
卯maau5
period of the day from 5 am to 7 am
糧loeng4
grain tax paid in kind

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