老鼠过街，人人喊打 in English lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically everyone detests a lowlife

Pinyin

lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

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 过guo4surname Guo 街jie1street ， 人ren2man 人ren2man 喊han3to yell 打da3dozen (loanword)