老鼠過街——人人喊打

Chinese

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	street		everyone; everybody; all of us	call; cry; to shout	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (老鼠過街——人人喊打)		老鼠	過	街	——	人人	喊	打
simp. (老鼠过街——人人喊打)		老鼠	过	街	——	人人	喊	打
Literally: “a rat crosses the street - everyone yells 'beat it!'”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshǔ guò jiē, rénrén hǎn dǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshǔ guò jiē, rénrén hǎn dǎ [Phonetic: láoshǔguòjiē,rénrénhándǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǔ guò jie, rénrén hǎn dǎ
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shu³ kuo⁴ chieh¹, jên²-jên² han³ ta³
    • Yale: lǎu-shǔ gwò jyē-, rén-rén hǎn dǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuu guoh jie, renren haan daa
    • Palladius: лаошу го цзе, жэньжэнь хань да (laošu go cze, žɛnʹžɛnʹ xanʹ da)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

老鼠過街——人人喊打

1. to be universally despised