月光族
yuè guāng zú
Pinyin

Definition

月光族
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yuè guāng zú
  1. lit. moonlight group
  2. fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

光
guāng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 ray
  3. 3 CL:道[dào]
  4. 4 bright
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 merely
  7. 7 to use up
时光
shí guāng
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 era
  3. 3 period of time
月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
岁月
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
阳光
yáng guāng
  1. 1 sunshine
  2. 2 CL:線|线[xiàn]
  3. 3 transparent (open to public scrutiny)
一族
yī zú
  1. 1 social group
  2. 2 subculture
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 clan
  5. 5 see also 族[zú]
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
一月份
yī yuè fèn
  1. 1 January
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
三月份
sān yuè fèn
  1. 1 March
上班族
shàng bān zú
  1. 1 office workers (as social group)
下月
xià yuè
  1. 1 next month
不光
bù guāng
  1. 1 not the only one
  2. 2 not only
九月
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
二月
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
二月份
èr yuè fèn
  1. 1 February
五月
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
亮光
liàng guāng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 beam of light
  3. 3 gleam of light
  4. 4 light reflected from an object
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi
  1. 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
  3. 3 same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
大放光明
dà fàng guāng míng
  1. 1 great release of light (idiom)
容光焕发
róng guāng huàn fā
  1. 1 face glowing (idiom); looking radiant
  2. 2 all smiles
寒光闪闪
hán guāng shǎn shǎn
  1. 1 to glitter like frost and snow (idiom)
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. 2 Time is precious.
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)

Sample Sentences

她整天穿名牌好像很有钱，实际上是个月光族。
tā zhěngtiān chuān míngpái hǎoxiàng hěn yǒuqián ，shíjì shàng shì ge yuèguāngzú 。
She wears famous brands all day and seems really rich, but actually she's living paycheck to paycheck.
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哎，没办法，我也不想当月光族啊！
ài ，méi bànfǎ ，wǒ yě bù xiǎng dāng yuèguāngzú a ！
Agh, it's impossible though. But, I don't want to be one of those people that spends all of their salary every month either!
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酒香不怕巷子深” 嘛，不过这些地方的价钱也不便宜，以我的收入，每天都去喝一杯咖啡的话，肯定要做月光族了。
jiǔ xiāng bùpà xiàngzi shēn ” ma ，bùguò zhèxiē dìfang de jiàqian yě bù piányi ，yǐ wǒ de shōurù ，měitiān dōu qù hē yī bēi kāfēi dehuà ，kěndìng yào zuò yuèguāngzú le 。
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