狼多肉少
láng duō ròu shǎo
many wolves and not enough meat; not enough to go around
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Related words
- 僧多粥少sēng duō zhōu shǎolit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- 汗牛充栋hàn niú chōng dònglit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
- 何不食肉糜hé bù shí ròu mílit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat)
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狼多肉少 is not on the HSK 2.0 lists or the new exam syllabus.
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狼多肉少 (láng duō ròu shǎo) means "many wolves and not enough meat; not enough to go around" in Chinese.
狼多肉少 is pronounced "láng duō ròu shǎo" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 4 syllables.
狼多肉少 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
狼多肉少 is made up of the characters 狼, 多, 肉, 少. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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