"老鼠" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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老鼠 lǎo shǔ rat / mouse / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Results beginning with 老鼠
老鼠洞 lǎo shǔ dòng mouse hole
老鼠尾巴 lǎo shǔ wěi ba lit. rat's tail / fig. a follower of inferior stature
老鼠过街，人人喊打 lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
老鼠拉龟，无从下手 lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start
老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
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米老鼠 Mǐ Lǎo shǔ Mickey Mouse
小老鼠 xiǎo lǎo shǔ @ / at symbol
狗逮老鼠 gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom) / fig. to be meddlesome
过街老鼠 guò jiē lǎo shǔ sb or sth detested by all / target of scorn / anathema / cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]
猫哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
米奇老鼠 Mǐ qí Lǎo shǔ Mickey Mouse
玩猫和老鼠的游戏 wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì to play a cat and mouse game
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black / as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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