rù bù fū chū

入不敷出 (rù bù fū chū) is a Chinese word meaning “income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 入不敷出

入rù · to enter; to go into不bù · no; not so敷fū · to spread出chū · to go out; to come out

Related words

不no; not so出to go out; to come out出variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)不过only出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct出去to go out不能cannot出现to appear

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