猫哭老鼠 māokūlǎoshǔ to shed crocodile tears Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 猫哭老鼠 貓哭老鼠 māokūlǎoshǔ to shed crocodile tears the cat weeps for the mouse; to show hypocritical sympathy or a fake display of grief; also used as the first part of a two-part allegory meaning "fake mercy" Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References Same as 猫哭耗子 māokūhàozi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
猫哭老鼠 貓哭老鼠 māokūlǎoshǔ to shed crocodile tears the cat weeps for the mouse; to show hypocritical sympathy or a fake display of grief; also used as the first part of a two-part allegory meaning "fake mercy" Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References Same as 猫哭耗子 māokūhàozi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
