猫哭老鼠 — Chinese idiom
猫哭老鼠
māo kū lǎo shǔ
Traditional: 貓哭老鼠
Meaning
- the cat weeps for the dead mouse ; hypocritical pretence of condolence
- crocodile tears
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ
- 猫哭耗子 māo kū hào zi
- 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
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng
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