| 僧 |
sēng duō zhōu shǎo | lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply |
| 僧 |
sēng | (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽) |
| 多 |
duō | many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 粥 |
yù | used in 荤粥 |
| 粥 |
zhōu | congee / gruel / porridge / CL:碗 |
| 少 |
shǎo | few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom |
| 少 |
shào | young |