What's the meaning of “杯具”
I saw it in “人生就像茶几，上面满是杯具”
I dont know the meaning,and also 洗具我看到baidubaike的介绍，很有意思，可惜不太明白。还看到洗具，太有意思了

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What's the meaning of  “杯具” 
I saw it in “人生就像茶几，上面满是杯具”
I dont know the meaning,and also 洗具 我看到baidubaike的介绍，很有意思，可惜不太明白。还看到洗具，太有意思了

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it's kind of joke ...
杯具and 洗具, is two homophone in chinese . 杯具"bei ju",sounds the same with “tragedy" ,while 洗具"xi ju"sounds the same with "comedy.

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茶具 is "tea set", it includes tea pot and tea cups. The chinese words ( 杯具) means a set of tea cups without tea pot. 

人生就像茶几，上面满是杯具 means, life is not for myself, it is for others. 

洗具 is a cleaning set

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here it is the profound defination.LOL
http://baike.baidu.com/view/2528756.html

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