一
粒
老
鼠
屎
坏
了
一
锅
粥
y
í
y
ī
l
ì
l
ì
l
á
o
l
ǎ
o
s
h
ǔ
s
h
ǔ
s
h
ǐ
s
h
ǐ
h
u
à
i
h
u
à
i
l
e
l
e
y
ì
y
ī
g
u
ō
g
u
ō
z
h
ō
u
z
h
ō
u
Definitions
1. lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
2. fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
Components
一粒
yī lì
–
a grain of (pill, sand, wheat, etc)
老鼠
lǎo shǔ
–
rat
屎
shǐ
–
stool
坏了
huài le
–
shoot!
一锅粥
yī guō zhōu
–
(lit.) a pot of porridge