裤裆里插扁担,自担自褲襠里插扁擔,自擔自褲襠里插扁擔,自擔自

sticking a carrying pole in your crotch: carrying yourself

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: One must bear one's own responsibility and solve one's own problems.
Wordplay: 担 (dān) here is read as 'carry' on a pole and 'bear responsibility'; the image is of a pole shouldering oneself.

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Simplified: 裤裆里插扁担,自担自
Traditional (Taiwan): 褲襠里插扁擔,自擔自
Pinyin: kùdāng li chā biǎndan,zì dān zì
Pinyin (Taiwan): kùdāng lǐ chā biǎndan,zì dān zì
Bopomofo: ㄎㄨˋ ㄉㄤㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄚㄅㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄉㄢ,ㄗˋ ㄉㄢㄗˋ

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

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