三个和尚没水喝
Traditional: 三個和尚沒水喝Dictionary entry
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
What does 三个和尚没水喝 mean?
三个和尚没水喝 (sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
2fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
3(If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
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