寅吃卯糧 (jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4) — to eat next year's food; to anticipate one's income (lit., "the third terrestrial branch eats the fourth's food") in Cantonese

janˎ₄hek˗₃maauˏ₅loengˎ₄
寅吃卯粮
Mandarin Pinyin: yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2

Meaning of 寅吃卯糧

nounto eat next year's food; to anticipate one's income (lit., "the third terrestrial branch eats the fourth's food")

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