蝎子拉屎，毒粪
蠍子拉屎，毒糞
蠍子拉屎，毒糞
a scorpion defecates: poison (unique) dung (portion)
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
May offend: vulgar language
- Meaning
- Means there is only one such thing, one of a kind, with no other source or branch. Humorous.
- Wordplay
- 毒 (dú) sounds like 独 (dú, 'sole, only'), and 粪 (fèn) is close to 份儿 (fènr, 'share, portion'), so 'poisonous dung' sounds like 'the only one'.
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- Simplified
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蝎子拉屎，毒粪
- Traditional (Taiwan)
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蠍子拉屎，毒糞
- Pinyin
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xiēzi lāshǐ, dú fèn
- Bopomofo
-
ㄒㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄚ ㄕˇ，ㄉㄨˊ ㄈㄣˋ
Written with
HSK 7-9 vocabulary,
at CEFR level
C1.
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