拉不出屎來賴茅坑

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	not; no	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	stool; faeces	to come	disclaim; rely; to blame	pit of a pit latrine or hole of a squat toilet
trad. (拉不出屎來賴茅坑)		拉	不	出	屎	來	賴	茅坑
simp. (拉不出屎来赖茅坑)		拉	不	出	屎	来	赖	茅坑
Literally: “to blame the latrine when not able to defecate”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lā bù chū shǐ lái lài máokēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄕˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lā bù chū shǐ lái lài máokēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄕˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: la bù chu shǐh lái lài máokeng
    • Wade–Giles: la¹ pu⁴ chʻu¹ shih³ lai² lai⁴ mao²-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: lā bù chū shř lái lài máu-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha bu chu shyy lai lay maukeng
    • Palladius: ла бу чу ши лай лай маокэн (la bu ču ši laj laj maokɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lābùchūshǐláilàimáokēngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄕˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: labùchushǐhláilàimáokengr
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-pu⁴-chʻu¹-shih³-lai²-lai⁴-mao²-kʻêng¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: lā-bù-chū-shř-lái-lài-máu-kēngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhabuchushyylailaymaukengl
    • Palladius: лабучушилайлаймаокэнр (labučušilajlajmaokɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/

Idiom

拉不出屎來賴茅坑

1. to unreasonably blame one's tool or others when unable to do something