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僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
What 僧多粥少 means
- lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- fig. not enough to go around
- demand exceeds supply
The characters in 僧多粥少
- 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
- 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
- 粥zhōucongee; gruel; porridge
- 少shǎofew; less; to lack
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