Sān rén tóngxíng, xiǎode kǔ.

Lit [When there are] three partners, the smallest [shoulders] the hardships.

Fig The third of three partners is always the one to suffer.

Note [Said by Piggy in JW, chap. 76, distorting the famous saying of Confucius (see the preceding entry); note: xiǎode, (lit) “small one”; (fig) a polite, self-deprecating term for “I; me”; see also qǔdé jīng lái above.]

Topics COMPANIONS EXPLOITATION HARDSHIPS INJUSTICE JW PARTNERS Pigsy xiǎode