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三個和尚沒水喝

sāngèhéshangméishuǐhē

ㄙㄢ ㄍㄜˋ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄜ

Simplified 三个和尚没水喝

  1. 1lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 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.)

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