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懒人屎尿多 (Lǎn Rén Shǐ Niào Duō)

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Literally, it's lazy people got a lot of poo and pee. Definitely a crude way of conveying lazy people always finding excuse.

懒 = lazy

人 = person/people

屎 = poo

尿 = pee

多 = many

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手紧 (Shǒu Jin)

Literally: 手 = hand 紧 = tight Meaning, tight wallet. Why these words? If you have only a few coin in hand, you can make tight fist. However, if you got too much money, that hand can't close properly. It's a powerful and universally relatable imagery right?

肉包子 (Ròu Bāo Zi)

Literally, it's meat bun. When someone is called this, it means they are a doormat. If you had a steamed bun, you'll know how soft the outside is. And steam bun can only take all the poking without any retaliation. As for the meat part, human is made of flesh. So a flesh version of a steamed bun? Maybe human steamed bun sounds better?

吹牛 (Chuī Niú)

It means to brag. The first word that comes to mind when I see Chui , it is to blow. While Niu is cow. A funny combination, right? Using my imagination, the origin of this word is that someone bragged they can blow their cow away. It's interesting how exaggeration is used. Which is what a brag is. Exaggerated version of the truth.

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