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僧多粥少

僧多粥少

Chinese

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|- ! !monk

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many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

!congee; gruel; porridge

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young; few; little; lack

|- !simp. and trad.
(僧多粥少) | | | | |- !Literally: “many monks and not much gruel”. |}

Alternate forms

  • 粥少僧多

Idiom

僧多粥少

  1. not enough to go around; having demands exceeding supply