他設法使收支平衡。

He managed to make both ends meet.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 設法 shèfǎ
  1. to try
  2. to make an attempt
  3. to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
3 使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
4 收支 shōuzhī
  1. cash flow
  2. financial balance
  3. income and expenditure
5 平衡 pínghéng
  1. balance
  2. equilibrium