泥菩薩過江——自身難保

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Chinese

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restrained; mud; paste
restrained; mud; paste; pulp
 
bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person to cross a river to be in trouble oneself
trad. (泥菩薩過江——自身難保) 菩薩 過江 —— 自身難保
simp. (泥菩萨过江——自身难保) 菩萨 过江 —— 自身难保
alternative forms 泥菩薩過江,自身難保泥菩萨过江,自身难保
Literally: “a clay bodhisattva statue crosses the river ― unable to even protect oneself”.

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泥菩薩過江——自身難保

  1. to be in trouble oneself and thus unable to help others