一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥)
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
Pinyin
Definition
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥)
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- see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 one
- 2 1
- 3 single
- 4 a (article)
- 5 as soon as
- 6 entire
- 7 whole
- 8 all
- 9 throughout
- 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 (completed action marker)
- 2 (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- 3 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- 1 one by one
- 2 one after another
- 1 in a short while
- 2 all at once
- 3 all of a sudden
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
- 1 thoroughly (idiom)
- 2 completely
- 3 one and all
- 4 very clean
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
Sample Sentences
比如说,在开会的时候,一个人迟到,所有人都要等他。这时候就是一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
For example, when we're having a meeting, when one person is late, everyone has to wait for him. This is what we call "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch."