Not eating mutton
If you don't eat mutton, you will get a smell of mutton (B ù ch ī y á NgR ò UK ō NgR ě y ī sh ē NSH ā n) is a proverb. It's like doing something and getting no good, but getting bad reputation and causing trouble. It comes from the 17th chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom.
Pronunciation and phonetic notation
Pronunciation: B ù ch ī y á NgR ò UK ō NgR ě y ī sh ē NSH ā n phonetic notation: ㄅㄨㄔㄧㄤㄡㄎㄙㄜ ㄧㄣㄢ
explain
Instead of eating mutton, it was full of mutton. It's like doing something and getting no good, but getting bad reputation and causing trouble.
source
The 17th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: if you don't eat mutton, you will get a bad reputation
Chinese PinYin : bù chī yáng ròu kōng rě yī shēn shān
Not eating mutton
when people are well-being , the country is in peace. běn gù bāng níng
play up to people of power and influence. tuō fèng pān lóng
mud and sand are carried along -- there is a mingling of good and bad. ní shā jù xià
The skill of crossing the grass. héng cǎo zhī gōng
happy and self-possessed are my noble quests. kǎi tì jūn zǐ