鼠狗辈

鼠狗輩

shǔgǒubèi

idiom

Meanings

1 despicable lowlifes, contemptible scum
2 a pack of petty, shameless rogues

Characters

sort, lot (of people)

Examples

这些鼠狗辈趁火打劫，真是令人不齿。

Zhèxiē shǔgǒubèi chèn huǒ dǎ jié, zhēn shì lìng rén bù chǐ.

These lowlife rats looted while the fire raged — utterly beneath contempt.

他不屑与鼠狗辈争论。

Tā bùxiè yǔ shǔgǒubèi zhēnglùn.

He wouldn't stoop to arguing with such scum.

Tips

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Literary and strongly pejorative. You'll meet it in martial-arts novels and historical fiction more than in daily speech; modern colloquial equivalents include 鼠辈 or 小人.

Stroke Order

鼠 shǔ

狗 gǒu

辈 bèi