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过街老鼠

guò jiē lǎo shǔ

4-character word Traditional 過街老鼠

What 过街老鼠 means

1. sb or sth detested by all
2. target of scorn
3. anathema
4. cf. 老鼠過街，老鼠过街，{人人喊打|lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ}

The characters in 过街老鼠

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 街jiēstreet
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse