鲜花插在牛粪上

鮮花插在牛糞上

xiānhuāchāzàiniúfènshàng

phrase

Meanings

1 lit. a fresh flower stuck in a pile of cow dung
2 fig. a beautiful woman wasted on an unworthy man

Characters

Examples

她那么漂亮却嫁给他，真是鲜花插在牛粪上。

Tā nàme piàoliang què jià gěi tā, zhēn shì xiānhuā chā zài niúfèn shàng.

She's so beautiful yet married him — truly a flower stuck in cow dung.

别人都说他俩是鲜花插在牛粪上。

Biérén dōu shuō tā liǎ shì xiānhuā chā zài niúfèn shàng.

Everyone says the two of them are a case of a flower stuck in cow dung.

Tips

usage

Almost always said about a woman 'wasted' on her partner. Considered crude/blunt — fine among close friends, rude in formal settings.

Informal, sometimes joking. Can wound if said sincerely; safer as self-deprecating humor (e.g. a man saying it about himself and his wife).

Stroke Order

鲜 xiān

花 huā

插 chā

在 zài

牛 niú

粪 fèn

上 shàng