三个和尚没水喝

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

fig. everybody's business is nobody's business; (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

sān

three

variant of 個|个[ge4]

(literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])

shang

still

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

shuǐ

water

to drink