| 占着茅坑不拉屎 |
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ |
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger |
| 占 |
zhàn |
variant of 占 |
| 占 |
zhān |
to observe / to divine |
| 占 |
zhàn |
to take possession of / to occupy / to take up |
| 着 |
zhāo |
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 着 |
zháo |
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in |
| 着 |
zhe |
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 着 |
zhuó |
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply |
| 茅 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 茅 |
máo |
reeds / rushes |
| 茅坑 |
máo kēng |
latrine pit / latrine |
| 坑 |
kēng |
pit; depression; hollow / tunnel; hole in the ground / (archaic) to bury alive / to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) |
| 坑 |
kēng |
variant of 坑 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 拉 |
lā |
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 拉 |
lá |
to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash |
| 拉 |
là |
used in 拉拉蛄 / variant of 落 |
| 拉屎 |
lā shǐ |
to defecate; to shit; to crap |
| 屎 |
shǐ |
feces; excrement; a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc) |