there are too many (buddhist) monks and too little gruel -- cannot meet the needs of the people.; the monks are many and the supply of gruel is meager -- not enough to go around
Example Sentences:
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Good jobs are not enough to go round for university graduates 好的工作对大学毕业生来说是僧多粥少啊。
2.
Since china has joined the wto , more and more foreign corporations enter into architecture market which result in drastic competition 目前,建筑业作为充分竞争的产业,市场竞争十分激烈,加上我国已加入wto ,外资企业纷纷涌入,这使本来就僧多粥少的市场,竞争更为激烈。
