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老鼠

lǎo shǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 只

老鼠 (lǎo shǔ) means "rat, mouse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 老鼠 means

1. rat; mouse

The characters in 老鼠

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse

Example sentences

• 猫吃了老鼠。
  The cat ate the rat.
• 猫会抓老鼠。
  Cats can catch mice.
• 猫抓住了老鼠。
  The cat caught the rats.
• 猫正在吃老鼠。
  The cat is eating the mouse.
• 厨房里有老鼠。
  There are rats in the kitchen.
• 这只猫不抓老鼠。
  This cat doesn't chase mice.

Words starting with 老鼠

• 老鼠仓lǎo shǔ cāng(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds…
• 老鼠洞lǎo shǔ dòngmouse hole
• 老鼠拉龟，无从下手lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒulike mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)…
• 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu touwhen the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg…
• 老鼠过街，人人喊打lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎlit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)…

Words containing 老鼠

• 米老鼠Mǐ Lǎo shǔMickey Mouse
• 小老鼠xiǎo lǎo shǔ@; at symbol
• 狗逮老鼠gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔlit. a dog who catches mice (idiom); fig. to be meddlesome
• 米奇老鼠Mǐ qí Lǎo shǔMickey Mouse
• 过街老鼠guò jiē lǎo shǔsb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema
• 猫哭老鼠māo kū lǎo shǔthe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōulit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)…
• 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tānglit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)…
• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māoit doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good…
• 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōusee 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

Where 老鼠 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature, Landscape & Wild Animals (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǎo shǔ correctly.
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