一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
Traditional: 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯Dictionary entry
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
What does 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 mean?
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 (yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
2fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
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一yīone · single颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites 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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