老鼠尾巴 — “Insignificant”
老鼠尾巴 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Insignificant”. Negligible; representing very poor conditions or very little power. Literally, “A mouse's tail”.
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老鼠尾巴 Pronunciation and Pinyin
老鼠尾巴 Character Breakdown
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我们这点微薄的资源，在整个项目面前简直就是老鼠尾巴。
Our meager resources are merely a mouse's tail in the face of the entire project.
Idioms Related to 老鼠尾巴
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 老鼠尾巴
What does 老鼠尾巴 mean?
老鼠尾巴 (lǎo shǔ wěi ba) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Insignificant”.
How do you pronounce 老鼠尾巴?
老鼠尾巴 is pronounced lǎo shǔ wěi ba in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 老鼠尾巴 literally mean?
Literally, 老鼠尾巴 means “a mouse's tail”. It is used to mean “Insignificant”.
What is the Chinese definition of 老鼠尾巴?
比喻条件很差，力量很小