Explanation: Many monks, and monks to drink porridge for less. Less people and more material metaphor, not distribution. Usage: Joint type; as predicate, attributive, clause; containing derogatory Source: Qing Zhou student "Xingshi" the sixty-second back to the adviser's Ximian is visible things, and then I want to come to a hit, the monk will be on more than a thin porridge, Messire not enough to pay for the. "
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
Inadequate distribution of the meaning of metaphor
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English Expression
v.: not enough (gifts, positions, etc.), go around because there are too many people on the waiting list
Thesaurus
underproduction, the gruel is meagre and the monks are many, not enough to go round