there are too many (buddhist) monks and too little gruel -- cannot meet the needs of the people.; the monks are many and the supply of gruel is meager -- not enough to go around
粥少僧多 there are too many (buddhist) monks and too little gruel -- cannot meet the needs of ...; little gruel and many monks -- not enough to go round; the gruel is meagre and the monks are many -- not enough to go round.; the congee is not enough for so many monks -- not enough to go round
僧 名詞1.(和尚) buddhist monk; monk 苦行僧 ascetic monk; 托缽僧 fakir; 行腳僧 palmer; 云水僧 wandering monk; 他削發為僧。 he shaved his head and became a monk.2.(姓氏) a surname 僧信誠 seng xincheng
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Good jobs are not enough to go round for university graduates 好的工作對大學畢業生來說是僧多粥少啊。
Since china has joined the wto , more and more foreign corporations enter into architecture market which result in drastic competition 目前,建筑業作為充分競爭的產業,市場競爭十分激烈,加上我國已加入wto ,外資企業紛紛涌入,這使本來就僧多粥少的市場,競爭更為激烈。