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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

大白鼠dà bái shǔ

white lab rat

大鼠dà shǔ

rat

子鼠zǐ shǔ

Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)

小家鼠xiǎo jiā shǔ

house mouse

小白鼠xiǎo bái shǔ

white mouse / lab mouse / lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig

小老鼠xiǎo lǎo shǔ

@ / at symbol

小袋鼠xiǎo dài shǔ

wallaby / pademelon

小鼠xiǎo shǔ

mouse

投鼠忌器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

抱头鼠窜bào tóu shǔ cuàn

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom) / to flee ignominiously

捕鼠bǔ shǔ

to catch mice

栗鼠lì shǔ

chinchilla / chipmunk

枫叶鼠fēng yè shǔ

(coll.) winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

杀鼠药shā shǔ yào

rat poison

沙袋鼠shā dài shǔ

swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

沙鼠shā shǔ

gerbil

海狸鼠hǎi lí shǔ

(zoology) coypu / nutria

灭鼠药miè shǔ yào

rat poison

滑鼠huá shǔ

(computer) mouse (Tw)

滑鼠垫huá shǔ diàn

mouse pad (Tw)

滑鼠手huá shǔ shǒu

carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw)

滑鼠蛇huá shǔ shé

Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosus)

狗逮老鼠gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ

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

獐头鼠目zhāng tóu shǔ mù

lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking

睡鼠shuì shǔ

dormouse

短尾矮袋鼠duǎn wěi ǎi dài shǔ

quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

社鼠城狐shè shǔ chéng hú

lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls / fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people

穷鼠啮狸qióng shǔ niè lí

a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom) / the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

竹鼠zhú shǔ

bamboo rat

罗雀掘鼠luó què jué shǔ

(lit.) to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / (fig.) to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)

老鼠仓lǎo shǔ cāng

(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price

老鼠拉龟,无从下手lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu

like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start

老鼠拖木锨,大头在后头lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou

when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle

老鼠洞lǎo shǔ dòng

mouse hole

老鼠药lǎo shǔ yào

rat poison

老鼠过街,人人喊打lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ

lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife

腺鼠疫xiàn shǔ yì

bubonic plague

胆小如鼠dǎn xiǎo rú shǔ

(idiom) chicken-hearted / gutless

花栗鼠huā lì shǔ

chipmunk (genus Tamias)

葵鼠kuí shǔ

guinea pig

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