一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃一個和尚挑水吃，兩個和尚抬水吃，三個和尚沒水吃一個和尚挑水吃，兩個和尚抬水吃，三個和尚沒水吃

one monk carries water to drink, two monks share a pole to carry it, three monks have no water

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Says that when too many people share a job, each leaves it to the others and nothing gets done. Critical. Close to 'too many cooks spoil the broth'.

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Simplified: 一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 一個和尚挑水吃，兩個和尚抬水吃，三個和尚沒水吃
Pinyin: yí gè héshang tiāo shuǐ chī, liǎng gè héshang tái shuǐ chī, sāngèhéshangméishuǐchī
Bopomofo: ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄊㄧㄠㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔ，ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄊㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔ，ㄙㄢㄍㄜˋ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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