一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 in English yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 tang1 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

Pinyin

yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 tang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

一yi1one 颗ke1classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc 老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 鼠shu3rat 屎shi3stool 坏huai4bad 了le5(completed action marker) 一yi1one 锅guo1pot 汤tang1surname Tang