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耗子

hào zi · hao zi

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Meaning

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  1. (dialect) mouse; rat
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The mouse in the kitchen

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，厨房(chúfáng)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一只(yīzhī)耗子(hàozi)！

    Dengdeng, there is a mouse in the kitchen!

  2. Dengdeng

    在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？我(wǒ)看不到(kànbùdào)。

    Where? I cannot see it.

  3. Liangliang

    就(jiù)在(zài)米袋子(mǐdàizi)后面(hòumian)！它的(tāde)尾巴(wěiba)是(shì)黑色的(hēisède)。

    Right behind the rice bag! Its tail is black.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)去(qù)看看(kànkan)……这(zhè)不是(bùshì)耗子(hàozi)，是(shì)你(nǐ)昨天(zuótiān)丢(diū)的(de)黑(hēi)袜子(wàzi)。

    I will go and look... This is not a mouse. It is the black sock you lost yesterday.

  5. Liangliang

    啊(a)？那(nà)它(tā)为什么(wèishénme)在(zài)米袋子(mǐdàizi)后面(hòumian)？

    Huh? Then why is it behind the rice bag?

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2 examples
01

厨(chú)房(fáng)的(de)角(jiǎo)落(luò)里(lǐ)跑(pǎo)出(chū)一(yì)只(zhī)耗(hào)子(zi)。

A mouse ran out from the corner of the kitchen.

02

猫(māo)一(yí)看(kàn)见(jiàn)耗(hào)子(zi)就(jiù)立(lì)刻(kè)追(zhuī)了(le)上(shàng)去(qù)。

As soon as the cat saw the mouse, it immediately chased after it.

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