See 入不敷出 on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"unable to make ends meet; income cannot cover expenditure; to spend more than one earns"
],
"id": "en-入不敷出-zh-phrase-mZhsCykA",
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"unable",
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"spend",
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "rùbùfūchū"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jap⁶ bat¹ fu¹ ceot¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "rùbùfūchū"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ"
},
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"tags": [
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"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "rùbùfuchu"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ju⁴-pu⁴-fu¹-chʻu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "rù-bù-fū-chū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ruhbufuchu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "жубуфучу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "žubufuču"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh-pron": "yahp bāt fū chēut"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jap⁹ bat⁷ fu¹ tsoet⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yeb⁶ bed¹ fu¹ cêd¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐp̚² pɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐp̚² pɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/"
}
],
"word": "入不敷出"
}
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"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 入",
"Chinese terms spelled with 出",
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"unable to make ends meet; income cannot cover expenditure; to spend more than one earns"
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"zh-pron": "rùbùfūchū"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jap⁶ bat¹ fu¹ ceot¹"
},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "rùbùfūchū"
},
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "rùbùfuchu"
},
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"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "ju⁴-pu⁴-fu¹-chʻu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "rù-bù-fū-chū"
},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ruhbufuchu"
},
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"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "жубуфучу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "žubufuču"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
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"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yahp bāt fū chēut"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jap⁹ bat⁷ fu¹ tsoet⁷"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yeb⁶ bed¹ fu¹ cêd¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐp̚² pɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐp̚² pɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/"
}
],
"word": "入不敷出"
}
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