created sense approved 三个和尚没水喝/三個和尚沒水喝 · sāngèhéshangméishuǐhē · everybody's business is nobody's business — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
三个和尚没水喝 / 三個和尚沒水喝
sāngèhéshangméishuǐhē
everybody's business is nobody's business
lit. three monks have no water to drink; a proverb meaning that when too many people are responsible for a task, nobody actually does the work.
三个 (literal) → 三个/三個 · sānge · three 和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · héshang · Buddhist monk 没 (literal) → 没/沒 · méi · not have 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 喝 (literal) → 喝 · hē · to drink
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