屁股决定脑袋
Traditional form:
屁股決定腦袋
Pinyin (reading):
pìgujuédìngnǎodai
Definitions:
- lit. the butt governs the head (idiom)
- fig. where one stands depends on where one sits
- one's views are shaped by one's circumstances
Characters:
- 屁 - to break wind, to fart; the buttocks
- 股 - share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
- 决 - to decide, to determine, to judge
- 定 - to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
- 脑 - brain
- 袋 - bag, sack; pocket, pouch
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