屙屎唔出賴地硬

Chinese

		to defecate	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	disclaim; rely; to blame	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (屙屎唔出賴地硬)		屙屎	唔	出	賴	地	硬
simp. (屙屎唔出赖地硬)		屙屎	唔	出	赖	地	硬
alternative forms		痾屎唔出賴地硬／疴屎唔出赖地硬
Literally: “blame the floor for being too hard when one is unable to poop”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ si² m⁴ ceot¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: o¹ si² m⁴ ceot¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶
    • Yale: ō sí m̀h chēut laaih deih ngaahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹ si² m⁴ tsoet⁷ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹ xi² m⁴ cêd¹ lai⁶ déi⁶ ngang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵ siː³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ laːi̯²² tei̯²² ŋaːŋ²²/

Idiom

屙屎唔出賴地硬

1. (Cantonese) to always look for excuses upon failure rather than reflecting on oneself; a bad workman always blames his tools

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 屙屎唔出怨豬嫲／屙屎唔出怨猪嫲; 自家脧仔歪，嫌人尿桶漏; 唔會睡目嫌床歪／唔会睡目嫌床歪
• (Hokkien) 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎／𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯

Derived terms

• 屙屎唔出賴地硬，屙尿唔出賴風猛／屙屎唔出赖地硬，屙尿唔出赖风猛 (Cantonese)

 

See also

• 賴地硬／赖地硬