Demand exceeds supply, a Chinese idiom, pronounced g ō ng b ù y ì ng qi ú, which means that supply cannot meet demand. It means that the demand for something is large, but the supply is insufficient.From Selected Works of Mao Dun, Traveling through Changchun South Pass.[1]
Chinese name
demand exceeds supply
Foreign name
Supply falls short of demand
Origin
Selected Works of Mao Dun, Journey to Changchun South Pass
Selected Works of Mao Dun, Changchun's Journey to the South Pass: "Now we have accepted thePurchase OrderThe daily production is one to two tons, and the supply exceeds the demand. "[1]
Idiom usage
Announce
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Subject predicate;Predicate;For people orcommodity
Example
Ba Jin's "Memory · Awakening and Activities": "At that time, the new books and newspapers in Chengdu were very popular, often~."[1]
