狗逮老鼠

gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ

Dictionary entry

lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)

What does 狗逮老鼠 mean?

狗逮老鼠 (gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)

2fig. to be meddlesome

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狗gǒudog · CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]逮dǎi(coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture 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

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狗逮老鼠

gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ

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