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鼠
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Definitions
- 1. (bound form) rat; mouse
Example Sentences
1 shown窮 鼠 囓狸。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 鼠
groin
mouse hole
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
small-minded
see 黃鼬|黄鼬[huáng yòu]
chinchilla
@
Yersinia pestis
cat and mouse game
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
a scoundrel
plague vaccine
bubonic plague
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
porpoise
mouse
rat
guinea pig
see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]
oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)
groundhog
short-sighted
to scamper off
mousetrap
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
plague
flying squirrel
lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people
woodlouse
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
mouse pad
vole
Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
murine typhus
moleskin
mouse (computer)
dormouse
mole (zoology)
sb or sth detested by all
mouse
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
Mickey Mouse
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián]
opossum (zoo.)
dwarf hamster
mouse spider (genus Missulena)
mouse
rat poison
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
squirrel
sage (Salvia officinalis)
guinea pig
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second
white mouse
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
rat
gerbil
wallaby
lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
chipmunk (genus Tamias)
coypu
cowardly
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
murine typhus fever
weasel
rat poison
shifty-eyed
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
hamster
kangaroo
lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom)
(idiom) to hesitate
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
flying squirrel
mouse (computing)
Mickey Mouse
rat poison