過街老鼠——人人喊打

Chinese

person detested or despised by everyone everyone; everybody; all of us call; cry; to shout
beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
trad. (過街老鼠——人人喊打) 過街老鼠 —— 人人 喊 打
simp. (过街老鼠——人人喊打) 过街老鼠 —— 人人 喊 打
Literally: “a rat crosses the street ― everyone cries to kill it”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guòjiē lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo3 gaai1 lou5 syu2, jan4 jan4 haam3 daa2
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: guòjiē lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ [Phonetic: guòjiēláoshǔ,rénrénhándǎ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: guòjie lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ
      • Wade–Giles: kuo4-chieh1 lao3-shu3, jên2-jên2 han3 ta3
      • Yale: gwò-jyē lǎu-shǔ-, rén-rén hǎn dǎ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohjie laoshuu, renren haan daa
      • Palladius: гоцзе лаошу, жэньжэнь хань да (gocze laošu, žɛnʹžɛnʹ xanʹ da)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

過街老鼠——人人喊打

  1. person detested or despised by everyone
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