the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears
trad. 貓哭耗子
Also written 貓哭耗子【māo kū hào zi】
Characters in this word
4猫
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cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]), (dialect) to hide oneself, (loanword) (coll.) modem
- Pinyin
- māo
- Traditional
- 貓
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1471 of 2500
哭
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to cry; to weep
- Pinyin
- kū
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 818 of 2500
耗
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to waste, to spend, to consume, to squander, news, (coll.) to delay, to dilly-dally
- Pinyin
- hào
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 25573 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500