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
劳民伤财
láo mín shāng cái
waste of manpower and resources
就地取材
jiù dì qǔ cái
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
暴殄天物
bào tiǎn tiān wù
to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
凑份子
còu fèn zi
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
相濡以沫
xiāng rú yǐ mò
lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when water is drying up) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources / mutual help in humble circumstances
独霸一方
dú bà yī fāng
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom) / to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc) / to hold as one's personal fiefdom
焚琴煮鹤
fén qín zhǔ hè
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
华润万家
Huá rùn Wàn jiā
CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
週轉
zhōu zhuǎn
turnover (in cash or personnel) / to have enough resources to cover a need / also written 周轉|周转
靠山吃山，靠水吃水
kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ
lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land
International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management
人力资源局
rén lì zī yuán jú
Office of Human Resources
人力资源司
rén lì zī yuán sī
Division of Human Resources
中国大洋矿产资源研究开发协会
China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association
信息资源管理
xìn xī zī yuán guǎn lǐ
information resources management
世界植物遗传资源状况
State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources
杜鲁门宣言
dù lǔ mén xuān yán
Policy of the United States with Respect to the Natural Resources of the Subsoil and Sea Bed of the Continental Shelf / Truman Proclamation on the Continental Shelf
水资源开发政策专家小组
Panel of Experts on Water Resources Development Policies
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