青黄不接 — Chinese idiom
青黄不接
qīng huáng bù jiē
Traditional: 青黃不接
Meaning
- lit. yellow does not reach green ; the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop
- temporary deficit in manpower or resources
- unable to make ends meet
Character by character
- 青qīngnature's color; blue, green, black; young
- 黄huángyellow; surname
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 接jiēto connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answe
Idioms sharing a character
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 炉火纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng
- 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān
- 万古长青 wàn gǔ cháng qīng
- 踏青赏春 tà qīng shǎng chūn
- 踏青赏花 tà qīng shǎng huā
- 雨过天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng
- 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì
- 青天霹雳 qīng tiān pī lì
- 青山绿水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ
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