等米下锅 — “To be in urgent need of money or resources for daily necessities”
等米下锅 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be in urgent need of money or resources for daily necessities”. To be hard up for food and other basic provisions. Literally, “waiting for rice to put into the pot for cooking”.
等米下锅 Pronunciation and Pinyin
等米下锅 Character Breakdown
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- děng等ér而xià下zhī之progressively worse or inferior
- děng等shēn身zhù著zuò作voluminous body of work
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- děng等xián闲zhī之rén人an ordinary or unimportant person
- děng等xián闲zhī之bèi辈an ordinary person of no importance
- děng等xián闲rén人wù物insignificant ordinary people
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What does 等米下锅 mean?
等米下锅 (děng mǐ xià guō) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be in urgent need of money or resources for daily necessities”.
How do you pronounce 等米下锅?
等米下锅 is pronounced děng mǐ xià guō in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 等米下锅 literally mean?
Literally, 等米下锅 means “waiting for rice to put into the pot for cooking”. It is used to mean “to be in urgent need of money or resources for daily necessities”.
What is the Chinese definition of 等米下锅?
等着米来下锅烧饭。比喻生活困难，缺少钱用。