zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu

Idiom: Be short of money.

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ZDIC.NET handian net

Explain that pulling the skirt reveals the elbow. Describe clothes in rags. Metaphor attend to one thing and lose another, poor to cope with.

The source "Zhuangzi Jean Wang": "If you don't make clothes for ten years, you will be crowned and crowned, and you will be stretched to the limit."

I have lived a long life at ordinary times, what's more, what spare money is there to pay for the trip back to China? ◎ Guo Moruo's "Student Age, Creation Decade"

Synonyms are naked, ragged and riddled with holes.

The antonym is graceful, abundant and perfect.

Grammatical linkage; As predicate, object and attribute; Be derogatory