茅坑里点灯

Traditional: 茅坑裡點燈

máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng

Dictionary entry

(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3])

What does 茅坑里点灯 mean?

茅坑里点灯 (máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3])

Character breakdown

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茅Máosurname Mao 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression · (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel 里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap · to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)灯dēnglamp · light

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茅坑里点灯

máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng

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