老鼠过街,人人喊打
Traditional form:
老鼠過街,人人喊打
Pinyin (reading):
lǎoshǔguòjiē,rénrénhǎndǎ
Definitions:
- lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
- fig. everyone detests a lowlife
Characters:
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 鼠 - rat, mouse
- 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
- 街 - street, road, thoroughfare
- 人 - man, person; people
- 人 - man, person; people
- 喊 - to shout, to yell, to call out; to howl; to cry
- 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
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