「老鼠跌落天秤 / 老鼠跌落天平」
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| Individual Character Meaning： |
老 old; old in age; of long standing; experienced; senior 鼠 to sneak; to leave stealthily 跌 to fall; to fall over; to tumble; to decrease 落 to fall; to drop; to go down; to put in; to add; to get an abortion; to abort 天 sky; day; 24 hours 秤 weighing scale; steelyard balance; Roman balance; a balance; (a pair of) scales; to lift up; to grab; to pull |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to praise oneself; literally, "a mouse fell onto a pair of scales", which entails that the mouse is "weighing itself", and the word "weigh" is homophonous with "praise"
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