idiom
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
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一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu) means "lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch" in Chinese.
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 is pronounced "yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 10 syllables.
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 is made up of the characters 一, 粒, 老, 鼠, 屎, 坏, 了, 一, 锅, 粥. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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