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Definition(s) for: 占着茅坑不拉屎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
占 zhān- to observe
- to divine
占 zhàn- to take possession of
- to occupy
- to take up
占 zhàn- variant of 占[zhan4]
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
坑 kēng- pit; depression; hollow
- tunnel; hole in the ground
- (archaic) to bury alive
- to hoodwink; to cheat (sb)
坑 kēng- variant of 坑[keng1]
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[la4la4gu3]
- variant of 落[la4]
屎 shǐ- feces; excrement; a stool
- (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)

Other Words Containing 占着茅坑不拉屎

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