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一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯
简 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 · 繁 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯Mandarin · pinyin yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
Meanings
- lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
Characters in this entry
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 顆
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- 老
- lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
- 鼠
- shǔ · rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208
- 屎
- shǐ · excrement, shit, dung
- 壞
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- 了
- le · to finish; particle of completed action
- 鍋
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- 湯
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- 颗
- kē · grain, kernel
- 坏
- huài · rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down
- 锅
- guō · cooking-pot, saucepan
- 汤
- tāng · hot water; soup, gravy, broth
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Mandarin tones
1–1–3–3–3–4–5–1–1–1 · yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 tang1
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
jat1 fo2 lou5 syu2 si2 waai6 liu5 jat1 wo1 tong1
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