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老鼠过街，人人喊打

lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ

9-character word Traditional 老鼠過街，人人喊打

What 老鼠过街，人人喊打 means

1. lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
2. fig. everyone detests a lowlife

The characters in 老鼠过街，人人喊打

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse
• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 街jiēstreet
• 人rénperson; people
• 人rénperson; people
• 喊hǎnto yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…