lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later
trad. 寅吃卯糧
Also written 寅吃卯糧【yín chī mǎo liáng】
Characters in this word
4寅
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3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger, ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- Pinyin
- yín
- Strokes
- 11
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
卯
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mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon), 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit, ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east), (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆[mao3])
- Pinyin
- mǎo
- Strokes
- 5
粮
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grain, food, provisions, agricultural tax paid in grain
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Traditional
- 糧
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 23601 of 2500