| 过街老鼠 |
guò jiē lǎo shǔ |
sb or sth detested by all / target of scorn / anathema / cf. 老鼠过街，人人喊打 |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 街 |
jiē |
street / CL:条 |
| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |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 |