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老鼠

lǎo shǔ

“Rat” in Chinese is 老鼠 (lǎo shǔ).

Meaning

  • rat; mouse

Example

猫会抓老鼠。

Cats can catch mice.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

只
used for mice
一只老鼠 (one mouse)

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