過街老鼠

Chinese

		to cross the street	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person
trad. (過街老鼠)		過街	老鼠
simp. (过街老鼠)		过街	老鼠

Etymology

See 過街老鼠——人人喊打／过街老鼠——人人喊打 (guòjiē lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòjiē lǎoshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòjiē lǎoshǔ [Phonetic: guòjiēláoshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòjie lǎoshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-chieh¹ lao³-shu³
    • Yale: gwò-jyē lǎu-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohjie laoshuu
    • Palladius: гоцзе лаошу (gocze laošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu²
    • Yale: gwo gāai lóuh syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ gai¹ lou⁵ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/

Idiom

過街老鼠

1. person detested or despised by everyone