- lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop
- temporary deficit in manpower or resources
- unable to make ends meet
Characters
- 青 (青): abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
- 黄 (黃): surname Huang or Hwang
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 接 (接): to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
Resources
- Wiktionary: 青黄不接
- MDBG: 青黄不接
- Examples with 青黄不接 on Tatoeba
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