土菩萨过江
tǔ​pú​sà​guò​jiāng

unable to help others

  • created sense approved 土菩萨过江/土菩薩過江 · tǔ​pú​sà​guò​jiāng · unable to help others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    土菩萨过江 / 土菩薩過江

    tǔ​pú​sà​guò​jiāng

    unable to help others

    a clay Buddha crossing the river; barely able to save oneself, let alone help others

    土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 菩萨 (literal) → 菩萨/菩薩 · pú​sà · Buddhist idol 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 江 (literal) → 江 · jiāng · river

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense