一把屎一把尿

yībǎshǐyībǎniào

idiom

Meanings

1 lit. one handful of shit, one handful of pee
2 fig. to have endured every kind of hardship raising one's children

Characters

handful (measure word)

Examples

HSK 4

爷爷奶奶一把屎一把尿把孙子带大。

Yéye nǎinai yībǎshǐyībǎniào bǎ sūnzi dài dà.

Grandpa and Grandma raised the grandson through every dirty diaper.

HSK 7-9

你妈一把屎一把尿把你拉扯大，你怎么能这么对她？

Nǐ mā yībǎshǐyībǎniào bǎ nǐ lāchě dà, nǐ zěnme néng zhème duì tā?

Your mother dragged you up through sh*t and pee - how can you treat her like this?

Tips

usage

Standard collocation is 一把屎一把尿地把…拉扯大 / 带大 ('to drag … up through every messy hardship'). It is invoked almost exclusively in arguments about filial duty - typically by a parent or grandparent reminding a kid of how much messy childcare went into them.

register

Earthy and emotional. Common in TV dramas and family fights, fine in casual writing, but never in formal speech.

Stroke Order

一 yī

把 bǎ

屎 shǐ

尿 niào