Daily Chinese Proverb: Fake Tears

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Saturday, 12 September 2009 0 comments
This Chinese proverb is used when talking about someone who is insincere. The English equivilant in the situation described in the Chinese version would be 'Crocodile tears'. This means to shed fake tears, when you are not really upset.貓哭老鼠māo kū lǎoshǔthe cat weeps for the dead mouseVariation: 'Crocodile Tea...

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