寅支卯粮

寅支卯糧
yínzhīmǎoliáng
see 寅吃卯粮 yínchīmǎoliáng

CEDICT

寅年就支用了卯年的食粮。比喻入不敷出，预支以后的用项。《二十年目睹之怪现状．第八八回》：「我有差使的时候，已是寅支卯粮的了；此刻没了差使，才得几个月，已经弄得百孔千疮，背了一身亏累。」也作「寅吃卯粮」。

重編國語辭典

寅吃卯粮／寅吃卯粮(yínchīmǎoliáng)之同义词

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 铆 mǎo)
=3 卯 mǎo variant of 卯 mǎo
=3 卯 mǎo old variant of 卯 mǎo
4 粮 liáng
  1. grain
  2. food
  3. provisions
  4. agricultural tax paid in grain