捉襟见肘 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 捉襟見肘 zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu ㄓㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄡˇ lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) strapped for cash unable to make ends meet Character by character 捉(zhuō)clutch 襟(jīn)lapel 见(jiàn)see 肘(zhǒu)elbow A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0