絀

crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch

to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

to pale by comparison (idiom)

supply shortage

to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)

see 心有餘而力不足|心有余而力不足[xin1 you3 yu2 er2 li4 bu4 zu2]

to be in straitened circumstances

annual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy)