Entry
拉lā不bù出chū屎shǐ来lái怨yuàn茅máo房fáng

  1. lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom); fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

    trad. 拉不出屎來怨茅房

Also written 拉不出屎來怨茅房【lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng】

Characters in this word

8
出
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Pinyin
chū
Strokes
5
Frequency
328 of 2500
Words starting with 出Words ending in 出Anywhere in a word
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
來
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500
Words starting with 来Words ending in 来Anywhere in a word