里外不是人
lǐ​wài​bù​shì​rén

to be blamed by everyone

  • created sense approved 里外不是人/裡外不是人 · lǐ​wài​bù​shì​rén · to be blamed by everyone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    里外不是人 / 裡外不是人

    lǐ​wài​bù​shì​rén

    to be blamed by everyone

    To be blamed or resented by all parties involved despite one's efforts; to find oneself in a situation where no matter what one does, everyone is dissatisfied.

    lǐ​wài​bú​shì​rén

    里外 (literal) → 里外/裡外 · lǐ​wài · inside and out 不是 (literal) → 不是 · bù​shì · no 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person

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

    created sense