Not eating mutton

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