囊中羞涩 náng zhōng xiū sè

to be embarrassingly short of money

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 48881st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to be embarrassingly short of money

Characters

Character Meaning
囊 náng
sack; purse; pocket (for money)
中 zhōng HSK 1
in; within; middle
羞 xiū HSK 4
ashamed; shy; shame
涩 sè HSK 6
astringent; tart; unsmooth