佔著茅坑不拉屎

Chinese

		to occupy; to constitute; to make up to occupy; to constitute; to make up; to account; to observe; to divine	particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer	pit of a pit latrine or hole of a squat toilet	not; no	to crap; to shit; to defecate
trad. (佔著茅坑不拉屎)		佔	著	茅坑	不	拉屎
simp. (占着茅坑不拉屎)		占	着	茅坑	不	拉屎
Literally: “to occupy the latrine and not defecate”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàn zhe máokēng bù lā shǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ ㄕˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn zhe máokēng bù lā shǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn jhe̊ máokeng bù la shǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴ chê⁵ mao²-kʻêng¹ pu⁴ la¹ shih³
    • Yale: jàn je máu-kēng bù lā shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann .je maukeng bu lha shyy
    • Palladius: чжань чжэ маокэн бу ла ши (čžanʹ čžɛ maokɛn bu la ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhànzhemáokēngrbùlāshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥㄦ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhànjhe̊máokengrbùlashǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴-chê⁵-mao²-kʻêng¹-ʼrh-pu⁴-la¹-shih³
    • Yale: jàn-je-máu-kēngr-bù-lā-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann.jemaukenglbulhashyy
    • Palladius: чжаньчжэмаокэнрбулаши (čžanʹčžɛmaokɛnrbulaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

佔著茅坑不拉屎

1. to be a dog in the manger