茅 坑 里 点 灯

máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēngdictionary entry

(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhǎo sǐ] via its near homophone 照屎[zhào shǐ])

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Original source entry:

茅坑裡點燈 茅坑里点灯 [mao2 keng1 li3 dian3 deng1] /(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3])/

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