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| Processed by: | richwarm (2020-05-30 10:57:43 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 66162 - submitted by 'vermillon' >> XHD is the only dict that has it, glossing: 比喻被小事情難住. ---------------------------------- Editor: 1) LA ~ 大活人让尿憋死 比喻遇到困難不知變通，無法解決。 例 「正所謂「大活人讓尿憋死」，遇到問題就應設法解決，以免釀成嚴重後果」。 2) Also discussed here: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13608 ... where it's compared to the saying 规矩是死的，人是活的 (<<Rules are set in stone, but people deal with situations "flexibly">>) "This is an old and common expression. It's been in use for as long as I can remember. It conveys a fairly typical Chinese attitude towards any rules/laws/regulations: they are made to break, bend and be compromised. View it positively, this indicates a way of problem solving. There is another expression "大活人还能让尿憋死," which is less known, more crude and more regional, but expresses a similar meaning." |
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# 活人讓尿憋死 活人让尿憋死 [huo2 ren2 rang4 niao4 bie1 si3] /a living person killed by holding pee (idiom)/to lack adaptability and find oneself in difficulty because of a trivial matter/ + 活人讓尿憋死 活人让尿憋死 [huo2 ren2 rang4 niao4 bie1 si3] /lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom)/fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking/ |