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占着茅坑不拉屎

zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

7-character word Traditional 占著茅坑不拉屎

What 占着茅坑不拉屎 means

1. lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
2. fig. to be a dog in the manger

The characters in 占着茅坑不拉屎

• 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)