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
Not eating mutton
the mountains are high and the water wide - shān yáo lù yuǎn
have only bare necessities at home - shēn wú cháng wù
Engrave the skin and carve out the bone - míng fū lòu gǔ
it happens that there is a similar case - wú dú yǒu ǒu