老鼠屎

Chinese

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	stool; faeces
trad. (老鼠屎)		老鼠	屎
simp. ^#(老鼠屎)		老鼠	屎
Literally: “mouse excrement”.

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.”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoshǔshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ syu² si²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshǔshǐ [Phonetic: láoshúshǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǔshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-shu³-shih³
  - Yale: lǎu-shǔ-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuushyy
  - Palladius: лаошуши (laošuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ syu² si²
  - Yale: lóuh syú sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sy² si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xu² xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ siː³⁵/

Noun

老鼠屎

(figurative) bad apple

See also

害群之馬／害群之马 (hàiqúnzhīmǎ)

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