烂泥扶不上墙
Chinese · Mandarin
Romanisation làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
What it means
Insult saying someone is hopeless despite help.
Literally “rotten mud cannot be put on a wall”. Short editorial gloss; not an etymological claim.
Pronunciation Heard as “lan nee foo boo shang chyahng”
English spellings approximate sounds and omit some contrasts. Use as retrieval hints, not authoritative pronunciation.
Used as
How it's used
Fixed idiom, not obscene.
How strong is it? 3/5 · Vulgar
Fixed idiom, not obscene. Ratings are contextual editorial estimates, not calibrated probabilities.