| 猫哭耗子 |
māo kū hào zi |
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears |
| 猫 |
māo |
cat (CL:只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem |
| 猫 |
máo |
used in 猫腰 |
| 哭 |
kū |
to cry; to weep |
| 耗 |
hào |
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally |
| 耗子 |
hào zi |
(dialect) mouse; rat |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |