鼠键踪

鼠鍵蹤

shǔjiànzōng

phrase

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他鼠键踪地溜进了屋里，不想让人发现。

Tā shǔjiànzōng de liū jìn le wūlǐ, bù xiǎng ràng rén fāxiàn.

He slipped into the room with furtive, rat-like movements, hoping no one would notice.

HSK 7-9

那伙人行事鼠键踪，显然不怀好意。

Nà huǒ rén xíngshì shǔjiànzōng, xiǎnrán bùhuái-hǎoyì.

That crew moves around in shady, sneaking ways - clearly up to no good.

Rare and literary. The image is of a rat darting in and out of hiding; compare the much more common 鬼鬼祟祟 for everyday speech.

鼠 shǔ

键 jiàn

踪 zōng