捉襟见肘
zhuōjīn-jiànzhǒuTraditional 捉襟見肘
too poor to make ends meet; stretched thin
Every meaning
zhuōjīn-jiànzhǒu
- too poor to make ends meet; stretched thin
Its characters
- 捉zhuōto catch; to capture
- 襟jīnfront of a garment; lapel (as in 衣襟)
- 见jiànto see
- 肘zhǒuelbow
Words with 捉
Words with 襟
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.