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貓哭老鼠
  maau1 huk1 lou5 syu2   jyutping
  mao1 ku1 lao3 shu3   pinyin
"crocodile tears", hypocritical pretence of condolence (lit, "the cat sheds false tears for the mouse")

Also seen in a longer form as 貓哭老鼠假慈悲.
Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
貓哭老鼠 / 猫哭老鼠

This word has been viewed 2880 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by riko on 8th Mar 2009 04:32 and last edited on 9th Mar 2009 02:29
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Characters in this word:

 maau1  -  cat
 huk1  -  cry
 lou5  -  old, venerable
 syu2  -  rat; mouse

1 compounds containing this word:

貓哭老鼠假慈悲 - "crocodile tears", hypocritical pretence of condolence
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