不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 — “To get a bad name or suffer trouble without having gained any benefit”
不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to get a bad name or suffer trouble without having gained any benefit”. Implying one is unjustly implicated or suffers a negative consequence for something they didn't fully participate in or profit from. Literally, “Did not eat mutton, yet got covered in its smell”.
不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 mean?
不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 (bù chī yáng ròu kōng rě yī shēn shān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to get a bad name or suffer trouble without having gained any benefit”.
How do you pronounce 不吃羊肉空惹一身膻?
不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 is pronounced bù chī yáng ròu kōng rě yī shēn shān in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 literally mean?
Literally, 不吃羊肉空惹一身膻 means “Did not eat mutton, yet got covered in its smell”. It is used to mean “to get a bad name or suffer trouble without having gained any benefit”.
What is the Chinese definition of 不吃羊肉空惹一身膻?
羊肉没吃上，反倒沾了一身羊膻气。比喻干了某事没捞到好处，反坏了名声惹来了麻烦。