| 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 |
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu |
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 粒 |
lì |
grain; granule; pellet; particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc) |
| 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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 老鼠 |
lǎo shǔ |
rat; mouse (CL:只) |
| 鼠 |
shǔ |
(bound form) rat; mouse |
| 屎 |
shǐ |
feces; excrement; a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc) |
| 坏 |
huài |
bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost |
| 坏了 |
huài le |
shoot! / gosh! / oh, no! / (suffix) to the utmost |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一锅粥 |
yī guō zhōu |
(lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess |
| 锅 |
guō |
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口,只 |
| 粥 |
yù |
used in 荤粥 |
| 粥 |
zhōu |
congee / gruel / porridge / CL:碗 |