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Original source entry:
過街老鼠 过街老鼠 [guo4 jie1 lao3 shu3] /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[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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