老鼠过街 — “To be universally detested or scorned”
老鼠过街 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be universally detested or scorned”. To be a pariah. Literally, “a rat crossing the street”.
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老鼠过街 Pronunciation and Pinyin
老鼠过街 Character Breakdown
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那个骗子到处行骗，现在真是老鼠过街人人喊打。
That swindler cheated people everywhere; now he is like a rat crossing the street, universally detested.
Idioms Related to 老鼠过街
More idioms starting with 老
- lǎo老bù不xiǎo晓shì事old and muddled
- lǎo老zhī之jiāng将zhì至old age is approaching
- lǎo老yú于shì世gù故worldly-wise and experienced
- lǎo老sēng僧rù入dìng定deeply absorbed and still
- lǎo老bā八bèi辈zi子extremely old-fashioned
- lǎo老yī医shǎo少bo卜Each has their own strengths
- lǎo老gǔ古bǎn板an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud
- lǎo老gǔ古dǒng董old-fashioned person or thing
- lǎo老wú吾lǎo老yǐ以jí及rén人zhī之lǎo老Respect all elders as your own
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤Regret wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤bēi悲lament wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大wú无chéng成grow old without achieving anything
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Open the tool →Questions about 老鼠过街
What does 老鼠过街 mean?
老鼠过街 (lǎo shǔ guò jiē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be universally detested or scorned”.
How do you pronounce 老鼠过街?
老鼠过街 is pronounced lǎo shǔ guò jiē in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 老鼠过街 literally mean?
Literally, 老鼠过街 means “a rat crossing the street”. It is used to mean “to be universally detested or scorned”.
What is the Chinese definition of 老鼠过街?
比喻害人的东西，人人痛恨。亦作“老鼠过街，人人喊打”。