僧多粥少

sēng duō zhōu shǎo

lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)

fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds supply

sēng

(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

duō

many; much; more; a lot of

zhōu

congee

shǎo

few