:中国特色英语 You can you up, no can no BB

  This phrase is of Chinglish origin. Means if you don't do stupid things, they won't come back and bite you in the ass. (But if you do, they most certainly will.) Zuo /zwo/ is a Chinese character meaning 'act silly or daring (for attention)'

  这个短语是中国式英语。含义是：如果你不做蠢事，就不会有坏事反过来咬你一口。（如果你做了，坏事很可能找上门。）“作”在汉语中的意思是“（为引起别人注意）做蠢事/做鲁莽的事”。

  【例句】

  A: Some dude baked cookies shaped like iPhone, held it by the mouth when driving, tried to mess with traffic cops.

  A：有个位老兄做了一些酷似iPhone的饼干，一边开车一边叼在嘴里，以引起交警的注意。

  B: Did he pull it off?

  B：他成功了吗？

  A: Cop was pissed and ran his name through the system. Turns out he's got speed tickets unpaid!

  A：警察被惹怒了，在系统搜寻他的名字，然后他就拿到了未付款的超速罚单。

  B: No zuo no die.

  B：不作死就不会死。