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茅坑里点灯

máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng

5-character word Traditional 茅坑裡點燈

What 茅坑里点灯 means

1. slang(fig.) to court death (derived from {找死|zhǎo sǐ} via its near homophone {照屎|zhào shǐ})

The characters in 茅坑里点灯

• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern