瞎猫碰上死耗子

瞎貓碰上死耗子
xiāmāopèngshàngsǐhàozi
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 a blind cat bumps into a dead mouse — pure dumb luck
  2. 2 to succeed by sheer coincidence

Examples

Wǒ nǎ yǒu nàge běnshì, chúncuì shì xiāmāo pèngshàng sǐhàozi.
I'm not actually that good — it was pure dumb luck, like a blind cat stumbling on a dead mouse.
Tā dì yī cì mǎi cǎipiào jiù zhòng le, zhēn shì xiāmāo pèngshàng sǐhàozi.
He won the lottery on his first ticket — talk about blind luck.

Tips

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Colloquial xiehouyu-style saying. Often self-deprecating: you use it about yourself to wave off praise ('I just got lucky'). Used about others, it can sting — implying their success owed nothing to skill.

Stroke Order

xiā
māo
pèng
shàng
hào