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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 过街老鼠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
过街老鼠 guò jiē lǎo shǔ - sb or sth detested by all
- target of scorn
- anathema
- cf. 老鼠過街,人人喊打|老鼠过街,人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 41,786 58,384 50,261

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guō- surname Guo
guò- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
guo- (experienced action marker)
jiē- street
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
shǔ- (bound form) rat; mouse

Other Words Containing 过街老鼠

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
过街老鼠 - - 41,786 58,384 50,261