一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng

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

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Child Words of 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

• 一 一 yī: one
• 了 了 le: (completed action marker)
• 汤 汤 shāng: rushing current
• 汤 汤 tāng: soup
• 了 了 liǎo: (of eyes) bright
• 老鼠 老鼠 lǎo shǔ: rat
• 锅 锅 guō: pot; pan; wok; cauldron
• 颗 颗 kē: classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 鼠 鼠 shǔ: (bound form) rat; mouse
• 屎 屎 shǐ: stool
• 坏 坏 huài: bad
• 老 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