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rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless

Mickey Mouse

(lit.) to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom); (fig.) to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)

bubonic plague

guinea pig

(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price

like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom); no clue where to start

when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg; the cockroach principle

mouse hole

rat poison

lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom); fig. everyone detests a lowlife

Mickey Mouse

bamboo rat

chipmunk (genus Tamias)

lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people

dormouse

quokka (Setonix brachyurus)