三个和尚没水喝 [三個和尚沒水喝] - lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom), fig. everybody's business is nobody's business, (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.) - sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē | Definition | ChinesePod.com

三个和尚没水喝 (三個和尚沒水喝)

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

Pinyin

Definition

三个和尚没水喝 (三個和尚沒水喝)

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sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
(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.)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān

1 surname San

hé

1 old variant of 和[hé]

hē

1 to drink
2 variant: 嗬 hē

Shuǐ

1 surname Shui

Sān yà

1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹

yī chàng sān tàn

1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)

一哭二闹三上吊

yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào

1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
2 to throw a tantrum

一唱一和

yī chàng yī hè

1 to echo one another (idiom)

一问三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
3 complete ignorance

一团和气

yī tuán hé qì

1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
2 warm and affable