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

儿孙自有儿孙福

ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú

1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)

全军覆没

quán jūn fù mò

1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout

八字没一撇

bā zì méi yī piě

1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3 no sign of success yet

八字还没一撇

bā zì hái méi yī piě

1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3 no sign of success yet

Sample Sentences

这个电影太没劲儿了，越看越想睡觉。

zhè gè diànyǐng tài méijìnr le ，yuè kàn yuè xiǎng shuìjiào 。

This movie isn't very interesting. The more I watch it the more I want to sleep.

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上一次你说工作没挑战性，做着没劲儿，没发展空间。你能保证再跳一家，就有挑战性，主管就能拿你当宝了？

shàng yī cì nǐ shuō gōngzuò méi tiǎozhànxìng ，zuò zhe méijìnr ，méi fāzhǎn kōngjiān 。nǐ néng bǎozhèng zài tiào yī jiā ，jiù yǒu tiǎozhànxìng ，zhǔguǎn jiù néng ná nǐ dāng bǎo le ？

Last time you said your job wasn't challenging, it was boring and that you didn't have any room to grow. How can you be so sure that a new job will be challenging and that the boss will appreciate you?

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