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茅坑裡點燈
简 茅坑里点灯 · 繁 茅坑裡點燈Mandarin · pinyin máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng
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- (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 zhǎo sǐ via its near homophone 照屎 zhào shǐ)
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2–1–3–3–1 · mao2 keng1 li3 dian3 deng1
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