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  *鼠* | 鼠* | *鼠
(bound form) rat; mouse
HSK 5
mouse (computing)
HSK 5
mouse (computer)
Mickey Mouse
(slang) Australia
(zoology) zokor, a burrowing rodent (Myospalax spp.)
plague
kangaroo
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
mousetrap
(computer) mouse (Tw)
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
squirrel
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
mouse pad (Tw)
Mickey Mouse
hamster
carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw)
white mouse / lab mouse; lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
flying squirrel / (dialect) bat
a scoundrel / a bad chap
(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
mole (zoology)
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
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) to hesitate / to remain undecided
cowardly
lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking
(zoology) coypu; nutria
vole
rat poison
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
groin
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
house mouse
small-minded
cat and mouse game
chinchilla / chipmunk
rat poison
flying squirrel
weasel
house mouse
dwarf hamster
rat
@ / at symbol
opossum (zoo.)
chipmunk (genus Tamias)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
dormouse
mouse pad
woodlouse / pill bug
gerbil
mouse hole
wallaby / pademelon
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
bubonic plague
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom) / fig. to be meddlesome
porpoise
Yersinia pestis / the bubonic plage bacillus
rat poison
murine typhus fever
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)
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
guinea pig / cavy
mouse
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
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
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
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
guinea pig
murine typhus
Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)
plague vaccine
short-sighted
to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat
mouse spider (genus Missulena)
moleskin


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