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三个和尚没水喝

Word

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

Traditional
三個和尚沒水喝

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

san1ge4he2shang5mei2shui3he1

Meaning

  1. lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) CC-CEDICT
  2. fig. everybody's business is nobody's business CC-CEDICT
  3. (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) CC-CEDICT

Characters in 三个和尚没水喝

三sān个gè和hé尚shàng没méi水shuǐ喝hē
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