一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
Traditional: 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥Dictionary entry
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
What does 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 mean?
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
2fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
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一yīone · single粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle · classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)老lǎoprefix 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)鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool · (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)坏huàibad · spoiled了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron · pot-shaped thing
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