Derogatory term. Metaphorical incompetence to the extreme.

Anciently used barrels are wooden barrels, there is no machine, you need to cut a little bit of manual assembly out of wooden planks, wooden barrels are also good and bad, do a good job of barrels can be done watertight, some barrels do not do a good job can not be done. Do not do bad barrels can not be used to fill the water, had to be used to fill the rice. It is called a rice bucket, and over time, it has become a name for those who are not capable of doing it.

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Near Synonyms of Rice Bucket

I. Incompetent? [ wú néng ]?

Not capable; unable to do anything: weak and incompetent. Corrupt and incompetent. A person who is incompetent.

II. woo nang? [ wō nang ]?

1. To be annoyed and hard in the mind because of being wronged or things not going well.

2, describes a person who is incompetent and cowardly.

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