食屎屙飯
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | stool; feces | defecate | food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal | ||
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trad. (食屎屙飯) | 食 | 屎 | 屙 | 飯 | |
simp. (食屎屙饭) | 食 | 屎 | 屙 | 饭 | |
Literally: “to eat faeces and excrete rice”. |
(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "食屎屙饭".)
Etymology
In contrast with the norm of 食飯屙屎 (“to eat rice and excrete faeces”).
Pronunciation
Idiom
食屎屙飯
- (Cantonese, colloquial) to not follow norms; putting the cart before the horse
Synonyms
- 本末倒置 (běnmòdàozhì)