屎壳郎钻入夜壶里，不说受罪，还说游江湖屎殼郎鑽入夜壺里，不說受罪，還說遊江湖屎殼郎鑽入夜壺里，不説受罪，還説遊江湖

a dung beetle crawls into a chamber pot: doesn't call it suffering, calls it roaming the world

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Describes someone clearly in a bad situation who is still complacent about it. Mocking.

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Simplified: 屎壳郎钻入夜壶里，不说受罪，还说游江湖
Traditional (Taiwan): 屎殼郎鑽入夜壺里，不說受罪，還說遊江湖
Traditional (Hong Kong): 屎殼郎鑽入夜壺里，不説受罪，還説遊江湖
Pinyin: shǐkélàng zuān rù yèhú li, bù shuō shòuzuì, hái shuō yóu jiānghú
Pinyin (Taiwan): shǐkélàng zuān rù yèhú lǐ, bù shuō shòuzuì, hái shuō yóu jiānghú
Bopomofo: ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄢㄖㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛㄕㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ，ㄏㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄛㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄨˊ

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

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