Porridge for many monks-not enough distribution.

the four suffering , namely birth , aging , illness , death

It shows that there are many monks, but less porridge is given to monks. Metaphor is that there are fewer things and more people, and the distribution is not enough.

The source is Qing Zhou Sheng's Biography of Awakening Marriage: "The master's mat is something that can be seen. If there is another one who hits the mat, there will be too much porridge, and Xianggong will not be enough to eat. "

Structural combination; As predicate, attribute and clause; derogatory sense

Synonym porridge is few and there are many people.

The antonym exceeds demand.

For example, Xiong Zhaozheng's "Zhang Juzheng" Volume 4, the fifth time: "There are too many monks and too few porridge, and a little carelessness will lead to great disaster."