過街老鼠

過街老鼠

Chinese

		to cross the street	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person
trad. (過街老鼠)		過街	老鼠
simp. (过街老鼠)		过街	老鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòjiē lǎoshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guòjiē lǎoshǔ [Phonetic: guòjiēláoshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohjie laoshuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòjie lǎoshǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

過街老鼠

1. anathema, target of all scorn