癞蛤蟆吃苍蝇,刚够供嘴癩蛤蟆吃蒼蠅,剛夠供嘴癩蛤蟆吃蒼蠅,剛夠供嘴

A toad eating flies: just enough to feed its mouth

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Income that only just covers food, with nothing left over.

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Simplified: 癞蛤蟆吃苍蝇,刚够供嘴
Traditional (Taiwan): 癩蛤蟆吃蒼蠅,剛夠供嘴
Pinyin: làiháma chī cāngying,gāng gòu gōng zuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚㄔㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ,ㄍㄤㄍㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄗㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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