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脫褲子放屁

简脱裤子放屁 · 繁脫褲子放屁

Mandarin · pinyin tuō kù zi fàng pì

lit. to take off trousers to fart
fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary
fig. to make things too complicated

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
屁: pì · break wind; fart; buttocks
脱: tuō · take off
裤: kù · trousers, pants

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1–4–5–4–4 · tuo1 ku4 zi5 fang4 pi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tyut3 fu3 zi2 fong3 pei3

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(figurative, colloquial) to do an utterly unnecessary thing

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