狼多肉少 — “Too many people or competitors for a limited supply or resource”
狼多肉少 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Too many people or competitors for a limited supply or resource”. Demand outstrips supply. Literally, “Many wolves, little meat”.
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每次公司招聘，都会有几百份简历投递过来，真是狼多肉少啊！
Every time the company recruits, hundreds of resumes are submitted; it's truly a situation of too many people for too few positions.
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More idioms starting with 狼
- láng狼qián前hǔ虎hòu后escape one danger only to fall into another
- láng狼hào号guǐ鬼jiào叫wail and shriek mournfully
- láng狼háo号guǐ鬼kū哭wailing like wolves and crying like ghosts
- láng狼chī吃fú幞tóu头suffer in silence
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎yàn咽gobble up food hastily and greedily
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎shì噬ruthlessly exploit with extreme avarice
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎cān餐eat very quickly and ravenously
- láng狼háo嗥gǒu狗jiào叫tumultuous racket of unruly people
- láng狼háo嗥guǐ鬼jiào叫to shriek and wail mournfully
- láng狼háo嚎guǐ鬼jiào叫eerie howling and screaming
- láng狼bēn奔tù兔tuō脱flee in panic
- láng狼bēn奔shǐ豕tū突to rampage wildly and disruptively
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Open the tool →Questions about 狼多肉少
What does 狼多肉少 mean?
狼多肉少 (láng duō ròu shǎo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Too many people or competitors for a limited supply or resource”.
How do you pronounce 狼多肉少?
狼多肉少 is pronounced láng duō ròu shǎo in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 狼多肉少 literally mean?
Literally, 狼多肉少 means “Many wolves, little meat”. It is used to mean “Too many people or competitors for a limited supply or resource”.
What is the Chinese definition of 狼多肉少?
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