叫花子上墳
jiào​huā​zi​shàng​fén

to complain about being poor

  • created reference approved 叫花子上坟/叫花子上墳 → 哭穷/哭窮 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    叫花子上坟 / 叫花子上墳 jiào​huā​zi​shàng​fén

    哭穷 / 哭窮 kū​qióng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 叫花子上坟/叫花子上墳 · jiào​huā​zi​shàng​fén · to complain about being poor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    叫花子上坟 / 叫花子上墳

    jiào​huā​zi​shàng​fén

    to complain about being poor

    (xiehouyu) To complain about one's poverty; literally a beggar visiting a grave to weep for the dead, used to describe someone who constantly tells others how poor they are.

    叫花子 (literal) → 叫花子 · jiào​huā​zi · beggar 上坟 (literal) → 上坟/上墳 · shàng​fén · to visit a grave

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