过街老鼠 in English guo4 jie1 lao3 shu3 Meaning

Meanings

  • somebody 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[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]

Simplified Characters

过 街 老 鼠

Traditional Characters

過 街 老 鼠

Pinyin

guo4 jie1 lao3 shu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

过guo4surname Guo 街jie1street 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