Chinese Character Wiki

捉襟见肘

zhuō​jīn​jiàn​zhǒu

strapped for cash

Definitions

捉襟见肘 (捉襟見肘) 

zhuō​jīn​jiàn​zhǒu

lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.0961% of movies

43583rd most common word in movies

24994th most common word in books

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