Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 鼠

(bound form) rat; mouse

flying squirrel
(dialect) bat

groin

hamster

opossum (zoo.)

squirrel

vole

rat

mouse

to scamper off
to scurry off like a frightened rat

a scoundrel
a bad chap

(computer) mouse (Tw)

mole (zoology)

mouse spider (genus Missulena)

dormouse

chinchilla
chipmunk

Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)

gerbil

cowardly

rat poison

kangaroo

Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)

flying squirrel

rat; mouse (CL:隻／只 (zhī))

plague

guinea pig

mouse (computing)

guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)

woodlouse
pill bug

weasel

mouse

difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)

mouse

swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

mouse hole

(zoology) coypu; nutria

rat poison

huángshǔláng

see 黃鼬／黄鼬 (huángyòu)

mouse (computer)

Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)

porpoise

Mickey Mouse

mousetrap

rat poison

wallaby
pademelon

sage (Salvia officinalis)

chipmunk (genus Tamias)

mouse pad

moleskin

groundhog

guinea pig
cavy

@
at symbol

carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw)

white mouse
lab mouse; lab rat
(fig.) human guinea pig

mouse pad (Tw)

bubonic plague

shǔdùjīcháng

small-minded

shèshǔchénghú

lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people

shǒushǔliǎngduān

(idiom) to hesitate
to remain undecided

bàotóushǔcuàn

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

shǔmùcùnguāng

short-sighted

Mǐqí Lǎoshǔ

Mickey Mouse

guòjiēlǎoshǔ

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 (lǎoshǔguòjiē,rénrénhǎndǎ)

dǎnxiǎorúshǔ

(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless

zhūrúcāngshǔ

dwarf hamster

māoshǔyóuxì

cat and mouse game

lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents

shǔyìjūnmiáo

plague vaccine

yìnshǔkèzǎo

oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)

zhāngtóushǔmù

lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom)
fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking

bàotóushǔcuān

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
also written 抱頭鼠竄／抱头鼠窜

luóquè-juéshǔ

lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom)
fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)

zéiméishǔyǎn

shifty-eyed
crafty-looking (idiom)

shǔyìgǎnjūn

Yersinia pestis
the bubonic plage bacillus

māokūlǎoshǔ

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
crocodile tears

qióngshǔnièlí

a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

gǒudǎilǎoshǔ

lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
fig. to be meddlesome

lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature

duǎnwěi'ǎidàishǔ

短尾矮袋鼠

[短尾矮袋鼠]

quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

dàwǔzhǐtiàoshǔ

大五趾跳鼠

[大五趾跳鼠]

great jerboa (Allactaga major)

shǔxíngbānzhěnshānghán

鼠型斑疹伤寒

[鼠型斑疹傷寒]

murine typhus

Kǎnbèi'ěrzhūrúcāngshǔ

坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠

[坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠]

Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)

huángshǔlánggěijībàinián

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年

[黃鼠狼給雞拜年]

Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)

shǔzǎoxíngbānzhěnshānghán

鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒

[鼠蚤型斑疹傷寒]

murine typhus fever

lǎoshǔlāguī,wúcóngxiàshǒu

老鼠拉龟，无从下手

[老鼠拉龜，無從下手]

like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
no clue where to start

lǎoshǔguòjiē,rénrénhǎndǎ

老鼠过街，人人喊打

[老鼠過街，人人喊打]

lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
fig. everyone detests a lowlife

yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōtāng

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

[一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯]

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

[一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥]

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥／一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu)

yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

[一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥]

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

lǎoshǔtuōmùxiān,dàtóuzàihòutou

老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头

[老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭]

when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second
the tip of the iceberg
the cockroach principle

huángshǔlánggěijībàinián,méi'ānhǎoxīn

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心

[黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心]

see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年／黄鼠狼给鸡拜年 (huángshǔlánggěijībàinián)

bùguǎnbáimāohēimāo,zhuōzhùlǎoshǔjiùshìhǎomāo

不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫

[不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓]

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 ( Dèng Xiǎopíng) in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)