月光族

yuèguāngzú

noun

Measure Word

一个月光族 gè

Meanings

1 people who spend their entire salary each month
2 paycheck-to-paycheck crowd

Characters

used up; nothing left

Examples

我是个月光族，存不下钱。

Wǒ shì gè yuèguāngzú, cún bù xià qián.

I'm a paycheck-to-paycheck person; I can't save money.

很多年轻人都变成了月光族。

Hěn duō niánqīng rén dōu biànchéng le yuèguāngzú.

Many young people have become paycheck-to-paycheck spenders.

Tips

memory

光 here means exhausted/used up, not moonlight — the salary is 月月光 (drained every month). 族 marks a social tribe (compare 上班族, 追星族).

Stroke Order

月 yuè

光 guāng

族 zú