佛顶珠

佛頂珠

fódǐngzhū

idiom

Meanings

1 a lazy, sluggish person who can't be budged
2 literally the jewel on a Buddha's head (always sits and never moves)

Characters

Examples

他整天坐那儿不动，真是个佛顶珠。

Tā zhěng tiān zuò nàr bù dòng, zhēn shì gè fódǐngzhū.

He sits there all day never moving — a proper do-nothing.

别指望他帮忙，他是出了名的佛顶珠。

Bié zhǐwàng tā bāngmáng, tā shì chūle míng de fódǐngzhū.

Don't count on him to help — he's famously immovable.

Tips

memory

The jewel perched on a Buddha statue's head never moves. The metaphor is that of a person equally impossible to dislodge from their spot.

Stroke Order

佛 Fó

顶 dǐng

珠 zhū