- sb or sth detested by all
- target of scorn
- anathema
- cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]
Characters
- 过 (過): surname Guo
- 街 (街): street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 老 (老): 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 鼠 (鼠): (bound form) rat; mouse
Resources
- Wiktionary: 过街老鼠
- MDBG: 过街老鼠
- Examples with 过街老鼠 on Tatoeba
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