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耗子

hào zi

2-character word

What 耗子 means

1. dialectmouse; rat

The characters in 耗子

• 耗hàoto waste; to spend; to consume
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Words starting with 耗子

• 耗子尾汁hào zi wěi zhīyou're on your own (pun on 好自为之

Words containing 耗子

• 狗拿耗子gǒu ná hào zilit. a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom)
• 猫哭耗子māo kū hào zithe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 瞎猫碰上死耗子xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zia blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck

Sounds the same

Read hào zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 号子work chant; prison cell; type