背着茅坑走路,到哪儿臭哪儿 背著茅坑走路,到哪兒臭哪兒 背着茅坑走路,到哪兒臭哪兒

walking with a latrine on your back: it stinks wherever you go

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning
A person with a bad reputation is disliked everywhere. Insulting.
Wordplay
臭 (chòu) means both 'bad-smelling' and 'in bad repute'.
Simplified
背着茅坑走路,到哪儿臭哪儿
Traditional (Taiwan)
背著茅坑走路,到哪兒臭哪兒
Traditional (Hong Kong)
背着茅坑走路,到哪兒臭哪兒
Pinyin
bēizhe máokēng zǒulù, dào nǎr chòu nǎr
Bopomofo
ㄅㄟ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄇㄠˊ ㄎㄥ ㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄨˋ,ㄉㄠˋ ㄋㄚˇㄦ ㄔㄡˋ ㄋㄚˇㄦ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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