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吃屎都赶不上热乎的

chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu dedictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying) / (fig.) (of a person) too slow / can't keep up
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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.

Source record: cd-7000515a802622e1. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

吃屎都趕不上熱乎的 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 [chi1 shi3 dou1 gan3 bu5 shang4 re4 hu5 de5] /(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying)/(fig.) (of a person) too slow; can't keep up/

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Other forms in these source records: 吃屎都趕不上熱乎的

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 屎
    shǐ

    feces / excrement / a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)

  • 都
    dōu

    all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

    dū

    capital city / metropolis

    Dū

    surname Du

  • 赶
    gǎn

    to overtake / to catch up with / to hurry / to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward / to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until / by (a certain time)

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 热
    rè

    to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

  • 乎
    hū

    (classical particle similar to 於|于[yú]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma], 吧[ba], 呢[ne], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)

  • 的
    de

    of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pí gé de] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pǎo táng r de] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xīn de] "new one") / also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

    dī

    (bound form) a taxi / a cab (abbr. for 的士[dī shì])

    dí

    really and truly

    dì

    (bound form) bull's-eye / target

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.