寅支卯糧

寅支卯粮
yínzhīmǎoliáng
see 寅吃卯糧 yínchīmǎoliáng

CEDICT

寅年就支用了卯年的食糧。比喻入不敷出，預支以後的用項。《二十年目睹之怪現狀．第八八回》：「我有差使的時候，已是寅支卯糧的了；此刻沒了差使，才得幾個月，已經弄得百孔千瘡，背了一身虧累。」也作「寅吃卯糧」。

重編國語辭典

寅吃卯糧／寅吃卯粮(yínchīmǎoliáng)之同義詞

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 寅 yín
  1. 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
  2. ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
2 支 zhī
  1. to support
  2. to sustain
  3. to erect
  4. to raise
  5. branch
  6. division
  7. to draw money
  8. classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
=3 卯 mǎo
  1. mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
  2. 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit
  3. ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)
  4. (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚 mǎo)
=3 卯 mǎo variant of 卯 mǎo
=3 卯 mǎo old variant of 卯 mǎo
4 糧 liáng
  1. grain
  2. food
  3. provisions
  4. agricultural tax paid in grain