The rabbit invites the tiger: Yin Chi Mao Liang

Yin Chi Mao Liang describes eating the next year's food this year. In the year of Yin I ate the grain of the year of Mao. It is a metaphor for financial difficulties and being unable to make ends meet, so one can only misappropriate the property that is currently in short supply or the income that has not yet been received, regardless of the future.

From: Chapter 15 of "The Appearance of Officialdom" by Li Baojia of the Qing Dynasty: "Even our boss also eats and eats grain, first it is lacking and then it is empty."

Example: Although credit cards are becoming a financial It is an increasingly accepted payment method in the industry, but many people still have doubts and regard credit cards as a manifestation of the "Yin Eat Mao Liang" lifestyle.

Synonyms of Yin Chi Mao Liang:

1. Ragged clothes

Refers to shabby clothes and tattered fabrics.

From: Part 1 of Liu Qing's "History of Entrepreneurship": "Look, the hungry people in ragged clothes are waiting at the street gate of the farmyard with their shoulders shrunk from the cold. Give them something to eat. ."

Example: Looking at the ragged little brother and sister, I felt very sympathetic.

2. To make ends meet

It means that the income is not enough for expenses, describing being very poor.

From: Zhou Enlai's "The Great Decade": "Foreign trade has been in excess for a long time, and the national finance has been unable to make ends meet year after year."

Example: Due to poor working conditions and inability to make ends meet, most of our country's Rural health workers have changed careers or gone out to work.

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Antonyms for Yin Chi Mao Liang:

1. More than enough

Chuchuo: the appearance of plenty. Describes a house or money that is very abundant and cannot be used up.

From: Lu Xun's "To Zheng Zhenduo": "If you can't compose, there is more room for banning, and so the literary network is dense."

Example: Yang Shuo's "Praise to the Dragon Horse" : "Originally, thirty people took turns managing three computer rooms every day, but now only three people are more than enough."

2. Perfection

It means perfect and beautiful, without flaws.

From: Yang Mo's "Talk about Lin Daojing's Image": "She still looks very fragile and is not yet a perfect hero."

Example: We should not be demanding Others do everything perfectly.