拉不出屎来怨茅房

Traditional form:

拉不出屎來怨茅房

Pinyin (reading):

lābùchūshǐláiyuànmáofáng

Definitions:

• lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
• fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

Characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 屎 - stool, feces, dung
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 怨 - to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment
• 茅 - rushes, reeds, grass; surname
• 房 - building, house, room

Traditional characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 屎 - stool, feces, dung
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 怨 - to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment
• 茅 - rushes, reeds, grass; surname
• 房 - building, house, room