吃屎都赶不上热乎的 in English chi1 shi3 dou1 gan3 bu5 shang4 re4 hu5 de5 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically (of a person) too slow
  • can't keep up

Simplified Characters

吃 屎 都 赶 不 上 热 乎 的

Traditional Characters

吃 屎 都 趕 不 上 熱 乎 的

Pinyin

chi1 shi3 dou1 gan3 bu5 shang4 re4 hu5 de5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

吃chi1to eat 屎shi3stool 都dou1surname Du 赶gan3to overtake 不bu4(negative prefix) 上shang4see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] 热re4to warm up 乎hu1(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in 的de5of