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  *鼠* | 鼠* | *鼠
(bound form) rat; mouse
HSK 5
(computing) mouse
HSK 5
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
guinea pig
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
hamster
bamboo rat
squirrel
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
Mickey Mouse
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
mouse (computer)
house mouse
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
Mickey Mouse
short-sighted
mouse pad
white mouse / lab mouse; lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
dormouse
a scoundrel / a bad chap
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
vole
mouse
carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw)
mouse hole
cat and mouse game
dwarf hamster
kangaroo
guinea pig / cavy
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
@ / at symbol
wallaby / pademelon
(zoology) coypu; nutria
lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking
(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
flying squirrel / (dialect) bat
mousetrap
rat poison
keyboard and mouse (abbr. for 鍵盤|键盘 + 鼠標|鼠标)
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
gerbil
small-minded
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
mouse pad (Tw)
Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
(idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided
Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
cowardly
oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
(computer) mouse (Tw)
rat poison
murine typhus
difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)
(slang) Australia
plague
(zoology) zokor, a burrowing rodent (Myospalax spp.)
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
opossum (zoo.)
porpoise
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
chinchilla / chipmunk
lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom) / fig. to be meddlesome
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start
Yersinia pestis / the bubonic plage bacillus
rat poison
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
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
woodlouse / pill bug
groin
weasel
chipmunk (genus Tamias)
mouse spider (genus Missulena)
rat
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat
murine typhus fever
flying squirrel
house mouse
moleskin
mole (zoology)
(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
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)
bubonic plague
plague vaccine
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people


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