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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

still

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

to drink

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

to mix (ingredients) together

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

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

drowned

Buddhist monk

three

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

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

water

to shout