"老鼠屎" meaning in Chinese

See 老鼠屎 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From the proverb 一粒老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥 /一粒老鼠屎,坏了一锅粥 (yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu, “One piece of mouse excrement spoiled one (whole) pot of rice congee.”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老鼠屎
  1. (figurative) bad apple Tags: figuratively Related terms: 害群之馬 (hàiqúnzhīmǎ), 害群之马 (hàiqúnzhīmǎ)
    Sense id: en-老鼠屎-zh-noun-mJpntqCc Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From the proverb 一粒老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥 /一粒老鼠屎,坏了一锅粥 (yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu, “One piece of mouse excrement spoiled one (whole) pot of rice congee.”)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老鼠屎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "mouse excrement",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad apple"
      ],
      "id": "en-老鼠屎-zh-noun-mJpntqCc",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad apple",
          "bad apple"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) bad apple"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "hàiqúnzhīmǎ",
          "word": "害群之馬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hàiqúnzhīmǎ",
          "word": "害群之马"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎoshǔshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ syu² si²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎoshǔshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshúshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎoshǔshǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao³-shu³-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎu-shǔ-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laoshuushyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laošuši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаошуши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ syu² si²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lóuh syú sí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ sy² si²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ xu² xi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "老鼠屎"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From the proverb 一粒老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥 /一粒老鼠屎,坏了一锅粥 (yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu, “One piece of mouse excrement spoiled one (whole) pot of rice congee.”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老鼠屎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "mouse excrement",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "hàiqúnzhīmǎ",
      "word": "害群之馬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hàiqúnzhīmǎ",
      "word": "害群之马"
    }
  ],
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 屎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 老",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 鼠",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "bad apple"
      ],
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          "bad apple",
          "bad apple"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) bad apple"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎoshǔshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ syu² si²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎoshǔshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshúshǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎoshǔshǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao³-shu³-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎu-shǔ-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laoshuushyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laošuši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаошуши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ syu² si²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lóuh syú sí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ sy² si²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁵ xu² xi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "老鼠屎"
}

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