茅坑里点灯
Traditional form:
茅坑裡點燈
Pinyin (reading):
máokēnglǐdiǎndēng
Definitions:
- (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 (zhǎosǐ) via its near homophone 照屎 (zhàoshǐ))
Characters:
- 茅 - rushes, reeds, grass; surname
- 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
- 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 点 - dot, point, speck
- 灯 - lamp, lantern, light
Traditional characters: