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脱裤子放屁

脫褲子放屁
tuōkùzifàngpì
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 lit. to take off one's pants to fart
  2. 2 (idiomatic) to do something completely unnecessary
  3. 3 (idiomatic) to overcomplicate a simple task

Examples

为了一份十块钱的报销跑三个部门，简直是脱裤子放屁。
Wèile yī fèn shí kuài qián de bàoxiāo pǎo sān gè bùmén, jiǎnzhí shì tuō kùzi fàng pì.
Running around three departments for a ten-yuan reimbursement is just doing things the hard way for nothing.
这个流程完全是脱裤子放屁，多此一举。
Zhège liúchéng wánquán shì tuō kùzi fàng pì, duōcǐyījǔ.
This whole procedure is utterly pointless — extra steps for no reason.

Tips

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Crude but extremely common in casual speech and online comments. Synonym: 多此一举 (duōcǐyījǔ) — same meaning, totally safe in formal writing.

Stroke Order

脱 tuō
裤 kù
子 zǐ
放 fàng
屁 pì