máo​kēng​lǐ​diǎn​dēng

to court death

Senses

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 zhào​shǐ (shining a light on feces) and 找死 zhǎo​sǐ (looking for death)

References

see 茅坑里点灯/茅坑裡點燈 照屎/照屎
see 茅坑里点灯/茅坑裡點燈 找死/找死