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茅坑里点灯
máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng

to court death

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茅坑里点灯 茅坑裡點燈 máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng
to court death
(slang) to go looking for trouble or to risk one's life; a pun based on the near-homophones 照屎 zhào​shǐ (shining a light on feces) and 找死 zhǎo​sǐ (looking for death)

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  • 照屎 zhào​shǐ
  • 找死 zhǎo​sǐ