| 瞎猫碰上死耗子 |
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi |
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck |
| 瞎 |
xiā |
blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose |
| 猫 |
māo |
cat (CL:只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem |
| 猫 |
máo |
used in 猫腰 |
| 碰 |
pèng |
variant of 碰 |
| 碰 |
pèng |
to touch / to meet with / to bump |
| 碰 |
pèng |
old variant of 碰 |
| 碰上 |
pèng shàng |
to run into / to come upon / to meet |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |
| 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" |