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寅吃卯粮
yín chī mǎo liáng
What 寅吃卯粮 means
- lit. eating away next year's food in advance
- fig. to dip into the next month's check
- live now, pay later
The characters in 寅吃卯粮
- 寅yín3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the…
- 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
- 卯mǎomortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar…
- 粮liánggrain; food; provisions
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