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入不敷出

rù bù fū chū

4-character word

What 入不敷出 means

1. income does not cover expenditure
2. unable to make ends meet

The characters in 入不敷出

• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 敷fūto spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc)
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 我建议你永远不要入不敷出。
  Wǒ jiànyì nǐ yǒngyuǎn bù yào rùbùfūchū.
  I advise you never to live beyond your income.