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HSK
mouse (computing)
HSK 5
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  *鼠* | 鼠* | *鼠
(bound form) rat; mouse
HSK 5
house mouse
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
hamster
dormouse
opossum (zoo.)
short-sighted
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
squirrel
mole (zoology)
vole
plague
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
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
(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom) / to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
cowardly
flying squirrel
to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat
guinea pig / cavy
small-minded
weasel
lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking
(idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided
lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people
(computer) mouse (Tw)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
flying squirrel / (dialect) bat
chinchilla / chipmunk
mouse
groin
plague vaccine
@ / at symbol
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
rat
Mickey Mouse
mouse pad
mousetrap
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
wallaby / pademelon
rat poison
(zoology) coypu; nutria
Mickey Mouse
bubonic plague
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
mouse (computer)
dwarf hamster
white mouse / lab mouse; lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
rat poison
gerbil
rat poison
mouse pad (Tw)
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
porpoise
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
house mouse
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously / also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜
carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw)
Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom) / fig. to be meddlesome
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
mouse hole
chipmunk (genus Tamias)
guinea pig
kangaroo
(slang) Australia
cat and mouse game
murine typhus
woodlouse / pill bug
Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)
Yersinia pestis / the bubonic plage bacillus
murine typhus fever
mouse spider (genus Missulena)
a scoundrel / a bad chap
moleskin


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