老鼠上房,不是发大水,就是下大雨 老鼠上房,不是發大水,就是下大雨 老鼠上房,不是發大水,就是下大雨

mice climbing onto the roof: either a flood or heavy rain

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
A sign that something big is about to happen.
Simplified
老鼠上房,不是发大水,就是下大雨
Traditional (Taiwan)
老鼠上房,不是發大水,就是下大雨
Pinyin
lǎoshǔ shàngfáng,bú shì fādàshuǐ,jiùshì xià dàyǔ
Bopomofo
ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ,ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄈㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ,ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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