吃屎都赶不上热乎的
Traditional: 吃屎都趕不上熱乎的Dictionary entry
(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying)
What does 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 mean?
吃屎都赶不上热乎的 (chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de) has the following dictionary meaning.
1(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying)
2(fig.) (of a person) too slow; can't keep up
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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool · (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)都Dūsurname Du赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with · to hurry; to rush不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]热rèto warm up · to heat up乎hū(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in · at
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