







著粪佛头 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to desecrate or defile something beautiful, sacred, or noble”. To show extreme disrespect for something revered. Literally, “To put excrement on a Buddha's head”.

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Open the tool →著粪佛头 (zhù fèn fú tóu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to desecrate or defile something beautiful, sacred, or noble”.
著粪佛头 is pronounced zhù fèn fú tóu in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 著粪佛头 means “to put excrement on a Buddha's head”. It is used to mean “to desecrate or defile something beautiful, sacred, or noble”.
著:同“着”。往佛像的头上拉粪。比喻美好的事物被亵渎、玷污