三个和尚没水喝

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

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Definitions

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.)

Child Words of 三个和尚没水喝

three

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water

to mix (ingredients) together

Buddhist monk

to shout

still

water

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

drowned

to drink