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米老鼠 (Mǐ lǎo shǔ) — Mickey Mouse

Definition

noun
Mickey Mouse

Examples

  • 米老鼠。
    Hái zi men dōu xǐ huan kàn Mǐ lǎo shǔ de dòng huà piàn.
    Children all love watching Mickey Mouse cartoons.
  • 米老鼠。
    Wǒ zài gōng yuán lǐ kàn dào yí gè Mǐ lǎo shǔ zào xíng de qì qiú.
    I saw a Mickey Mouse-shaped balloon in the park.
  • 米老鼠。
    Mǐ lǎo shǔ Shì quán shì jiè zuì zhù míng de kǎ tōng xíng xiàng zhī yī.
    Mickey Mouse is one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 老 combines 人 (man), 毛 (hair), and 匕 (cane), showing a man with long hair leaning on a cane.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 鼠 pictures a rat: the upper part looks like an open mouth with teeth, while the lower part shows two feet on the left and a tail on the right.

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Appears in
Film & Theater

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