罗雀掘鼠 (羅雀掘鼠)
luó què jué shǔ
Pinyin

Definition

罗雀掘鼠 (羅雀掘鼠)
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luó què jué shǔ
  1. lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
  2. on the verge of bankruptcy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挖掘
wā jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig
  3. 3 to unearth
老鼠
lǎo shǔ
  1. 1 rat
  2. 2 mouse
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī
雀巢
Què cháo
  1. 1 Nestlé
麻雀
má què
  1. 1 sparrow
  2. 2 (dialect) mahjong
鼠标
shǔ biāo
  1. 1 mouse (computing)

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
  1. 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
  2. 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
抱头鼠窜
bào tóu shǔ cuàn
  1. 1 to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously