打死老鼠喂猫,好一个,恼一个打死老鼠餵貓,好一個,惱一個打死老鼠餵貓,好一個,惱一個

killing a mouse to feed the cat: one is pleased, one is annoyed

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said when trying to please one person ends up offending another. Wry, descriptive.

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Simplified: 打死老鼠喂猫,好一个,恼一个
Traditional (Taiwan): 打死老鼠餵貓,好一個,惱一個
Pinyin: dǎsǐ lǎoshǔ wèi māo,hǎo yí gè,nǎo yí gè
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄙˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄠ,ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ,ㄋㄠˇ ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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