猫哭耗子 — Chinese idiom
猫哭耗子
māo kū hào zi
Traditional: 貓哭耗子
Meaning
- the cat weeps for the dead mouse ; hypocritical pretence of condolence
- crocodile tears
Character by character
- 猫māocat
- 哭kūto weep, to cry, to wail
- 耗hàoto consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
Idioms sharing a character
- 照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ
- 猫哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ
- 阿猫阿狗 ā māo ā gǒu
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
- 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
- 嚎啕大哭 háo táo dà kū
- 悲歌当哭 bēi gē dàng kū
- 鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo
- 狗拿耗子 gǒu ná hào zi
- 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ
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