no zuo no die

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)'

A: Some dude baked cookies shaped like iPhone, held it by the mouth when driving, tried to mess with traffic cops.
B: Did he pull it off?
A: Cop was pissed and ran his name through the system. Turns out he's got speed tickets unpaid!
B: No zuo no die.

no zuo no die by Evergreen712 January 15, 2014

no zuo no die

If you do something or say some words that let me don’t like you or make me angry, and the thing or your expression is always funny but it’s superfluous and make other people don’t like you. Then other people will hate you even beat you. So you will ‘die’; That means you have nothing to do but find trouble, as a result, you are tragedy.

A： Yesterday I wore sunglasses and watch movie using my flat computer with loud voice, at last, I found I lost my purse.
B: No zuo no die.

no zuo no die by Sherry Gao July 18, 2014