一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

Child Words of 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

一
yī

one

了
le

(completed action marker)

汤
shāng

rushing current

汤
tāng

soup

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

老鼠
lǎo shǔ

rat

锅
guō

pot; pan; wok; cauldron

颗
kē

classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

鼠
shǔ

(bound form) rat; mouse

屎
shǐ

stool

坏
huài

bad

老
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