脱裤子放屁

脫褲子放屁

tuō kùzi fàng pì

phrase

Meanings

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

这个流程完全是脱裤子放屁，多此一举。

Zhège liúchéng wánquán shì tuō kùzi fàng pì, duōcǐyìjǔ.

This whole procedure is utterly pointless - extra steps for no reason.

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

脱 tuō

裤 kù

子 zǐ

放 fàng

屁 pì