过街老鼠
Traditional form:
過街老鼠
Pinyin (reading):
guòjiēlǎoshǔ
Definitions:
- 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)
Characters:
- 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
- 街 - street, road, thoroughfare
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 鼠 - rat, mouse
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