脫褲子放屁 tuō kù zi fàng pì

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to take off trousers to fart
  2. fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary
  3. fig. to make things too complicated

CHARACTERS

脫 tuō take off, peel off, strip
褲 kù trousers, pants
子 zi offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
放 fàng put, release, free, liberate
屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks