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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
squirrel
mole (zoology)
vole
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
flying squirrel
guinea pig / cavy
weasel
(computer) mouse (Tw)
flying squirrel / (dialect) bat
chinchilla / chipmunk
mouse
@ / at symbol
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
rat
Mickey Mouse
wallaby / pademelon
(zoology) coypu; nutria
Mickey Mouse
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
dwarf hamster
white mouse / lab mouse; lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
gerbil
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
house mouse
lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom) / fig. to be meddlesome
dormouse
chipmunk (genus Tamias)
guinea pig
kangaroo
opossum (zoo.)


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