别人牵驴你拔橛子 in English bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

Pinyin

bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

别bie2surname Bie 人ren2man 牵qian1to lead along 驴lv2variant of 驢|驴[lu:2] 你ni3you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) 拔ba2to pull up 橛jue2a peg 子zi5son