yín chī mǎo liáng

Traditional: 寅吃卯糧

寅吃卯粮 (yín chī mǎo liáng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. eating away next year's food in advance
  2. 2fig. to dip into the next month's check
  3. 3live now, pay later

Characters in 寅吃卯粮

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