Read Edit View history 猫哭老鼠 māokūlǎoshǔ to shed crocodile tears Origin Definitions Defs 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)