老鼠过街，人人喊打
Traditional: 老鼠過街，人人喊打Dictionary entry
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
What does 老鼠过街，人人喊打 mean?
老鼠过街，人人喊打 (lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
2fig. everyone detests a lowlife
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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过Guōsurname Guo街jiēstreet · CL:條|条[tiao2]人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]喊hǎnto yell · to shout打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]
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