過街老鼠 (gwo3 gaai1 lou5 syu2) — a phrase to describe a malevolent perso… in Cantonese

gwo˗₃過gaaiˉ¹街louˏ₅老syuˊ²鼠

简过街老鼠

Mandarin Pinyin: guo4 jie1 lao3 shu3

Meaning of 過街老鼠

nouna phrase to describe a malevolent person who is spurned by everyone

keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似gwo˗₃過gaaiˉ¹街louˏ₅老souˊ²鼠

He's like a rat crossing the street (universally hated).

neiˏ₅你maiˉ¹咪dong˗₃當ngoˏ₅我gwo˗₃過gaaiˉ¹街louˏ₅老souˊ²鼠

Don't treat me like a rat crossing the street.

gamˊ²咁zouˍ₆做zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係gwo˗₃過gaaiˉ¹街louˏ₅老souˊ²鼠

Acting like that makes you a rat crossing the street.

keoiˏ₅佢beiˊ²俾janˎ₄人dong˗₃當gwo˗₃過gaaiˉ¹街louˏ₅老souˊ²鼠

He's treated like a rat crossing the street.

mouˏ₅冇janˎ₄人leiˏ₅理keoi5,佢，gwo˗₃過gaaiˉ¹街louˏ₅老souˊ²鼠

Nobody cares about him, like a rat crossing the street.

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