a dog trying to catch mice -- too meddlesome
Dog chasing mouse, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǒ uzhu ī h à oz ǐ, meaning to do things outside or meddle. It's the same as "dog takes mouse". From the tempest.
The origin of Idioms
Zhou Libo's the tempest part one nine: "what do you care about, chasing mice?"
Analysis of Idioms
Dog catches mouse, dog catches mouse, dog catches mouse
Idiom usage
Be an object or attributive
a dog trying to catch mice -- too meddlesome
never go to the temple for nothing - wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn
assist one 's generation and bring comfort to the common people - jì shì ān bāng