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瞎猫碰上死耗子

xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-33c18c06e1d95a6c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

瞎貓碰上死耗子 瞎猫碰上死耗子 [xia1 mao1 peng4 shang4 si3 hao4 zi5] /a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)/blind luck/

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Other forms in these source records: 瞎貓碰上死耗子

  • 瞎
    xiā

    blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose

  • 猫
    māo

    cat (CL:隻|只[zhī]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem

    máo

    used in 貓腰|猫腰[máo yāo]

  • 碰
    pèng

    to touch / to meet with / to bump

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

  • 耗
    hào

    to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.