human excrement; night soil
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
human excrement; human feces
informalA direct, slightly crude term. Historically and in some agricultural contexts, it was collected and used as fertilizer ("night soil").
Guò过
qù去
nóng农
mín民
cháng常
yòng用
dà大
fèn粪
gěi给
tián田
dì地
shī施
féi肥
。
In the past, farmers often used human excrement to fertilize the fields.
Tā他
shuō说
de的
huà话
tí题
tài太
ě恶
xin心
le了
，
xiàng像
zài在
liáo聊
dà大
fèn粪
yī一
yàng样
。
The topic he was talking about was disgusting, like discussing human feces.
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Zhè这
ge个
chéng成
yǔ语
lǐ里
de的
“
dà大
fèn粪
”
yòng用
lái来
bǐ比
yù喻
háo毫
wú无
jià价
zhí值
de的
dōng东
xi西
。
In this idiom, "human excrement" is used to metaphorically refer to something utterly worthless.