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活人让尿憋死

huó rén ràng niào biē sǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom) / fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

活人讓尿憋死 活人让尿憋死 [huo2 ren2 rang4 niao4 bie1 si3] /lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom)/fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking/

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Other forms in these source records: 活人讓尿憋死

  • 活
    huó

    to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

  • 人
  • 让
    ràng

    to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])

  • 尿
    niào

    to urinate / urine / CL:泡[pāo]

    suī

    (coll.) urine

  • 憋
    biē

    to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath)

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

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