過街老鼠——人人喊打

Chinese

		person detested or despised by everyone		everyone; everybody; all of us	call; cry; to shout	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (過街老鼠——人人喊打)		過街老鼠	——	人人	喊	打
simp. (过街老鼠——人人喊打)		过街老鼠	——	人人	喊	打
Literally: “a rat crosses the street ― everyone cries to kill it”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòjiē lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu², jan⁴ jan⁴ haam³ daa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòjiē lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ [Phonetic: guòjiēláoshǔ,rénrénhándǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòjie lǎoshǔ, rénrén hǎn dǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-chieh¹ lao³-shu³, jên²-jên² han³ ta³
    • Yale: gwò-jyē lǎu-shǔ-, rén-rén hǎn dǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohjie laoshuu, renren haan daa
    • Palladius: гоцзе лаошу, жэньжэнь хань да (gocze laošu, žɛnʹžɛnʹ xanʹ da)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu², jan⁴ jan⁴ haam³ daa²
    • Yale: gwo gāai lóuh syú, yàhn yàhn haam dá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ sy², jan⁴ jan⁴ haam³ daa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ gai¹ lou⁵ xu², yen⁴ yen⁴ ham³ da²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ haːm³³ taː³⁵/

Idiom

過街老鼠——人人喊打

1. person detested or despised by everyone