一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
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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Traditional: 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥
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- (idiom) 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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Related Words
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤(yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng)— lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
→一年之计在于春(yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn)— the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
→一生一世(yī shēng yī shì)— a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
→一字千金(yī zì qiān jīn)— one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
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