After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「老鼠過街」. Meaning and usage are below.
Discover the idiom 「老鼠過街」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
It is a metaphor for something that harms people and is hated by everyone. Also known as “When a rat crosses the street, everyone shouts and beats it.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lǎo shǔ guò jiē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lou5 syu2 gwo3 gaai1
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
