gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ

狗逮老鼠 (gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom); fig. to be meddlesome”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to be meddlesome

Characters in 狗逮老鼠

狗gǒu · dog逮dǎi · (coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity鼠shǔ · (bound form) rat; mouse

Related words

老prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity狗dog老兄elder brother (often used self-referentially)老师teacher老板boss老板Robam (brand)老板variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]老婆(coll.) wife逮捕to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody老天God老实honest; sincere老鼠rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

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