汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 青黃不接
青黃不接 (青黄不接)
lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet
青 Young crops in Tian Shi / 黄 Ripe grains / The old grain has been eaten, but the new grain has not been picked up yet / It also metaphors the inability to connect talents or material resources
青色的庄稼还未成熟,黄熟作物已经吃完。比喻接不上需要明年闻又闰正月,青黄不接那得餐!
qīng () huáng bù/bú jiē
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

昆曲传人青黄不接,他是其中之一。

He is also one of a dwindling breed of Kunqu artists.

“这是一块青黄不接的领域。”他说。

"This is a starveling field," he says.

另一种声音则怪罪语文程度节节败退,担心将来青黄不接,后继无人。

The other, on the contrary, voices worry that with the Chinese language fast losing ground, there will be no worthy successors in future to carry the torch.

在商业大潮的冲击下,蒲州梆子正陷于危机之中,观众大量流失,演员队伍青黄不接,这种局面需要尽快得到扭转。

Under the commercial impact, Puzhou Wooden Clappers is being endangered as it is losing audience and human resources. Obviously, this situation needs to be changed as soon.

2010年,在当地三家公民咨询局(CAB)中只有一位客户索要了应急食品包,而如今一包应急食品包两天内就会被分发出去,其中一些是提供给那些青黄不接的工薪族。

In 2010 only one client of its three Citizens Advice Bureaus (CAB) needed an emergency food parcel. Today they give out one every two days, some to people in work who run out of cash before payday.