老鼠过街，人人喊打 / 老鼠過街，人人喊打

lǎo​shǔ​guò​jiē​rén​rén​hǎn​dǎ

despised by all

everyone yells beat it when a rat crosses the street; a common idiom describing a person or thing that is universally detested and condemned by the public

老鼠 (literal) → 老鼠 · lǎo​shǔ · mouse 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 街 (literal) → 街 · jiē · street ， (non_chinese) 人人 (reduplication) → 人 · rén · person 喊 (literal) → 喊 · hǎn · to shout 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM

老鼠过街，人人喊打 / 老鼠過街，人人喊打

lǎo​shǔ​guò​jiē​rén​rén​hǎn​dǎ

everyone detests a lowlife

Literally "when a rat crosses the street, everyone shouts to beat it"; used to describe a person or action so widely hated that everyone opposes and condemns them.

老鼠过街 (literal) → 老鼠过街/老鼠過街 · lǎo​shǔ​guò​jiē · detested person ， (non_chinese) 人人喊打 (literal) → 人人喊打 · rén​rén​hǎn​dǎ · universally condemned

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM