三个和尚没水吃

三个和尚没水吃
sānshangméishuǐchī

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

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

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

    • Three monks have no water to drink is a fable story.

  2. noun

    fig. everybody's business is nobody's business(inherited)

    • Three monks have no water to drink.

  3. noun

    (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.)(inherited)

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Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

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