囊中羞涩(náng zhōng xiū sè)

4 charactersTrad. 囊中羞澀

to be embarrassingly short of money

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Word information

Pinyin
náng zhōng xiū sè
Meaning
to be embarrassingly short of money
HSK level
Characters
4
Traditional
囊中羞澀

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