老鼠屎

Chinese

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	stool; feces
simp. and trad. (老鼠屎)		老鼠	屎

Etymology

From the proverb:

一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。 [MSC, trad.]
一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。 [MSC, simp.]

Yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu. [Pinyin]

One piece of mouse excrement spoiled one (whole) pot of rice congee.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoshǔshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎoshǔshǐ [Phonetic: láoshúshǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuushyy
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

老鼠屎

(figuratively) bad apple

See also

害群之馬／害群之马 (hàiqúnzhīmǎ)

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