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狗逮老鼠 gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom) / fig. to be meddlesome
益鸟 niǎo beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
家贫如洗 jiā pín extreme poverty (idiom); destitute / penniless / poor as church mice
不管白猫黑猫,捉住老鼠就是好猫 guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
会奖旅游 huì jiǎng yóu MICE tourism (acronym for "meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions"), aka "meetings industry" or "events industry"
狗拿耗子 gǒu hào zi lit. a dog who catches mice / to be meddlesome (idiom)
老鼠拉龟,无从下手 lǎo shǔ guī , cóng xià shǒu like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start
老鼠拖木锨,大头在后头 lǎo shǔ tuō xiān , tóu zài hòu tou when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle


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