一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥

Chinese

 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 a grain; a granule mouse excrement
 
bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
 
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 pot; pan; boiler congee; gruel; porridge
trad. (一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥) 一 粒 老鼠屎 ， 壞 了 一 鍋 粥
simp. (一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥) 一 粒 老鼠屎 ， 坏 了 一 锅 粥
Literally: “One piece of mouse excrement spoiled one (whole) pot of rice congee.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ, ㄏㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄧ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄓㄡ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 lap1 lou5 syu2 si2, waai6 liu5 jat1 wo1 zuk1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu [Phonetic: yílìláoshúshǐ,huàileyìguōzhōu]
      • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ, ㄏㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄧ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄓㄡ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1 lih laoshuushyy, huay .lhe yi1 guo jou
      • IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ li⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ lə¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: jat1 lap1 lou5 syu2 si2, waai6 liu5 jat1 wo1 zuk1
      • Yale: yāt lāp lóuh syú sí, waaih líuh yāt wō jūk
      • Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 lap7 lou5 sy2 si2, waai6 liu5 jat7 wo1 dzuk7
      • Guangdong Romanization: yed1 leb1 lou5 xu2 xi2, wai6 liu5 yed1 wo1 zug1
      • IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɐp̚⁵ lou̯¹³ ɕyː³⁵ siː³⁵ wɑːi̯²² liːu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ wɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Proverb

一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥

  1. One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. / One ill weed mars a whole pot of porridge.

Synonyms

  • 一顆老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥／一颗老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥
  • 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋湯／一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅汤
  • 一顆老鼠屎，壞了一鍋湯／一颗老鼠屎，坏了一锅汤
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