一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōtāng
  1. lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
3 老鼠屎 lǎoshǔshǐ
  1. (figurative) bad apple
  2. bad apple
4 壞了 huàile
  1. shoot!
  2. gosh!
  3. oh, no!
  4. (suffix) to the utmost
5 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
6 鍋 guō
  1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron
  2. pot-shaped thing

classifiers: 口, 隻
7 湯 tāng
  1. soup
  2. hot or boiling water
  3. decoction of medicinal herbs
  4. water in which sth has been boiled

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一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
  1. lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch