泥菩薩過江

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Chinese

restrained; mud; paste
restrained; mud; paste; pulp
 
bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person to cross a river
trad. (泥菩薩過江) 菩薩 過江
simp. (泥菩萨过江) 菩萨 过江
Literally: “a clay bodhisattva statue crosses the river (― unable to even protect oneself)”.

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泥菩薩過江

  1. Short for 泥菩薩過江——自身難保泥菩萨过江——自身难保 (nípúsàguòjiāng, zìshēnnánbǎo, “to be in trouble oneself and thus unable to help others”).