máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng

to court death

  • created reference approved 茅坑里点灯/茅坑裡點燈 → 照屎 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茅坑里点灯 / 茅坑裡點燈 máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng

    照屎 zhào​shǐ

    see

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  • created reference approved 茅坑里点灯/茅坑裡點燈 → 找死 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茅坑里点灯 / 茅坑裡點燈 máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng

    找死 zhǎo​sǐ

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  • created sense approved 茅坑里点灯/茅坑裡點燈 · máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng · to court death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|照屎|zhao4 shi3]] (shining a light on feces) and [[找死|找死|zhao3 si3]] (looking for death)

    茅坑 (literal) → 茅坑 · máo​kēng · latrine pit 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in 点灯 (literal) → 点灯/點燈 · diǎn​dēng · to light a lamp

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