xiǎo bái shǔ
little white mouse (esp. laboratory animal)
fig. guinea pig, i.e. human participant in experiment
shǔ nián
Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
tún shǔ
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
shǔ wěi cǎo
sage (Salvia officinalis)
zǐ shǔ
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
tóu shǔ jì qì
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
bào tóu shǔ cuàn
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
zéi méi shǔ yǎn
shifty-eyed
crafty-looking (idiom)
huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
shǔ cuàn
to scamper off
to scurry off like a frightened rat
māo kū lǎo shǔ
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
crocodile tears
lǎo shǔ wěi ba
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
shǔ yì gǎn jūn
Yersinia pestis
the bubonic plage bacillus
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