created sense approved 拉不出屎来怨茅房/拉不出屎來怨茅房 · lābùchūshǐláiyuànmáofáng · to blame others for one's own failings — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拉不出屎来怨茅房 / 拉不出屎來怨茅房
lābùchūshǐláiyuànmáofáng
to blame others for one's own failings
Literally "to blame the toilet because one is constipated"; used as a proverb to describe someone who blames outside circumstances for problems caused by their own shortcomings.
拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to empty the bowels 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · [direction/result] 屎 (literal) → 屎 · shǐ · stool 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · can 怨 (literal) → 怨 · yuàn · to blame 茅房 (literal) → 茅房 · máofáng · toilet
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition