Correct

塞牙缝

/ sāi yá fèng / 
Strokes
https://i.cchatty2.com/filters:format(webp)/fit-in/684x0/img/202102/塞牙缝-Chinese-idioms-Cchatty-8cba9d89-2fa9-4c2f-85f2-5f6b4cc23441-1612776797.jpg

Collocation

1
塞牙缝还差不多
2
塞牙缝都不够
3
还不够塞牙缝
4
只够塞牙缝
5
让人家塞牙缝

Definition

塞牙缝

Literally means:

have little to eat

Actually means:

not have nough

It means having little to eat or not having enough to eat. It may also mean not having enough money or resources.

It sometimes carries a tone of complaint.

形容吃的东西非常少,不够吃。也指钱财太少,不够用。

有时含有抱怨的情绪。

Example

Used as predicate, subject or object. (作谓语、主语、宾语)
1
Bàn
半
jīn
斤
mǐfàn
米饭
gěi
给
wǔ
五
gè
个
rén
人
chī
吃
  
,
nándào
难道
zhī
只
ràng
让
tāmen
他们
sāi
塞
yáféng
牙缝
  
?

Half a kilo of rice for five people to eat, do you just let them plug their teeth?

2
Zài
在
zhèjiā
这家
fàndiàn
饭店
chīfàn
吃饭
  
,
shàng
上
de
的
càiliáng
菜量
shǎo
少
de
得
kělián
可怜
  
,
sāi
塞
yáféng
牙缝
hái
还
chàbuduō
差不多
  
。

Eat in this restaurant, the amount of food on the poor, the plug is about the same.

3
Nǐ
你
gěi
给
wǒ
我
zhè
这
yī
一
diǎn
点
qián
钱
  
,
hái
还
bùgòu
不够
sāi
塞
yáféng
牙缝
de
的
  
!

You give me this money, it's not enough to plug my teeth!