现在他应该是入不敷出
“I don't think he can make ends meet.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现在他 应该是 入不敷出
“I don't think he can make ends meet.”
“He didn't tell me that. I didn't know.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social relationships, family members or close friends frequently monitor and worry about each other's basic financial security and cash flow.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
expenses exceed income; living beyond one's means
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used in everyday speech to describe running a financial deficit.