鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎

Traditional form:

鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎

Pinyin (reading):

niǎobùshēngdàn,gǒubùlāshǐ

Definitions:

• lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
• fig. god-forsaken
• remote and desolate

Characters:

• 鸟 - bird
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 蛋 - egg
• 狗 - dog
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 屎 - stool, feces, dung

Traditional characters:

• 鳥 - bird
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 蛋 - egg
• 狗 - dog
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 屎 - stool, feces, dung