屙屎唔出賴地硬

屙屎唔出賴地硬

Chinese

		to defecate	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	disclaim; rely; to blame	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (屙屎唔出賴地硬)		屙屎	唔	出	賴	地	硬
simp. #(屙屎唔出賴地硬)		屙屎	唔	出	賴	地	硬
alternative forms		痾屎唔出賴地硬／疴屎唔出赖地硬
Literally: “blame the floor for being too hard when one is unable to poop”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ si² m⁴ coet¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: o¹ si² m⁴ coet¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵ siː³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːt̚⁵ läːi̯²² tei̯²² ŋäːŋ²²/

Idiom

屙屎唔出賴地硬

1. (Cantonese, figuratively) a man always finds excuses upon failure rather than reflecting on himself; a bad workman always blames his tools

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎／𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯

See also

• 賴地硬／赖地硬
• 屙尿唔出賴風猛／屙尿唔出赖风猛