鼠 shǔ
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shǔ
noun
a rat; a mouse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鼠'; Guoyu '鼠' n 1; Unihan '鼠') -
shǔ
noun
Kangxi radical 208
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Rat (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
shǔ
noun
rodents
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Superfamily 总科
Notes: Scientific name: Muroidea; includes mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils (Wikipedia '鼠') -
shǔ
adjective
anxious; agitated
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: See 鼠思 (Guoyu '鼠' adj)
Contained in
- 胆小如鼠(膽小如鼠) chicken-hearted ; gutless
- 滑鼠 mouse
- 田鼠 vole
- 老鼠拉龟，无从下手(老鼠拉龜，無從下手) like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip; no clue where to start
- 老鼠洞 mouse hole
- 狗逮老鼠 a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome
- 老鼠过街，人人喊打(老鼠過街，人人喊打) when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down; everyone detests a lowlife
- 飞鼠(飛鼠) flying squirrel ; bat
- 鼠窜(鼠竄) to scamper off; to scurry off like a frightened rat
- 狗盗鼠窃(狗盜鼠竊) a dog robs and a rat steals; a sneaky person
- 狗偷鼠窃(狗偷鼠竊) a dog robs and a rat steals; a sneaky person
- 罗雀掘鼠(羅雀掘鼠) to net birds and dig for rats; hard pressed for cash; on the verge of bankruptcy
- 豚鼠 guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
- 过街老鼠(過街老鼠) sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema; cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打
- 鼠疫杆菌(鼠疫桿菌) Yersinia pestis; the bubonic plage bacillus
- 鼠标垫(鼠標墊) mouse pad
- 小鼠 a mouse
- 栗鼠 chinchilla; chipmunk
- 灭鼠药(滅鼠藥) rat poison
- 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫(不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓) it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black
- 鼠辈(鼠輩) a scoundrel; a bad chap
- 鼠思 anxious; agitated
- 滑鼠手 carpal tunnel syndrome
- 小老鼠 @; at symbol
- 睡鼠 dormouse
- 猫鼠游戏(貓鼠遊戲) cat and mouse game
- 鼠海豚 porpoise
- 鼷鼠 a mouse
- 鼬鼠 weasel
- 小白鼠 little white mouse (especially laboratory animal); guinea pig, i.e. human participant in experiment
- 天竺鼠 guinea pig; cavy
- 土拨鼠(土撥鼠) groundhog
- 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头(老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭) when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg
- 鼯鼠 flying squirrel
- 贼眉鼠眼(賊眉鼠眼) shifty-eyed; crafty-looking
- 捕鼠器 mousetrap
- 沙鼠 gerbil
- 沙袋鼠 swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
- 小鼠属(小鼠屬) Mus
- 鼠胆(鼠膽) cowardly
- 猫哭老鼠(貓哭老鼠) the cat weeps for the dead mouse; hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears
- 鼠尾草 sage (Salvia officinalis)
- 抱头鼠窜(抱頭鼠竄) to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
- 大五趾跳鼠 great jerboa
- 穷鼠啮狸(窮鼠嚙狸) a desperate rat will bite the fox; the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
- 鼠蹊 groin
- 鼲鼠 gray squirrel
- 鼠蛛 mouse spider (genus Missulena)
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- 《鼠部》 Shǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 42
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 28
- 卷112上 靈徵志八上 Volume 112a Treatise 8: The Spiritual World 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 19
- 卷六十五 志第十八 五行三 Volume 65 Treatises 18: Five Elements 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
- 《釋獸》 Explanation of Beasts Er Ya 爾雅 — count: 14
- 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
- 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 12
- 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 10
- 卷一百十九 列傳第六十九: 楊綰 崔祐甫 常袞 Volume 119 Biographies 69: Yang Wan, Cui Youfu, Chang Gun Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
- 卷九十六 列傳第八十四: 氐 吐谷渾 宕昌 鄧至 白蘭 党項 附國 稽胡 Volume 96 Biographies 84: Di, Tuyuhun, Dangchang, Dengzhi, Bailan, Tangut, Fu, Jihu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 10
Collocations
- 鸟鼠 (鳥鼠) 鳥鼠攸去 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧斯干 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Si Gan — count: 24
- 社鼠 (社鼠) 且左右皆社鼠也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V — count: 16
- 硕鼠 (碩鼠) 碩鼠 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧碩鼠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shou Shu — count: 12
- 鼠舞 (鼠舞) 鼠舞如故 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 7
- 鼠同 (鼠同) 導渭自鳥鼠同穴 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 6
- 腐鼠 (腐鼠) 腐鼠在壇 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 6
- 鼠矢 (鼠矢) 皆有乾鼠矢數十 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 5
- 捕鼠 (捕鼠) 無以異於使蟹捕鼠 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 5
- 鼠子 (鼠子) 關東鼠子欲何為乎 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 5
- 投鼠 (投鼠) 欲投鼠而忌其器 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — count: 5