lure mice with a cat
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǐ L í zh ì sh ǔ, which means that things can't succeed. It's the same as "baiting mice with beavers". From reform and self improvement.
The origin of Idioms
The speaker, sitting in the well, peeping at the sky, ~ ear! Wang Tao's reform and self improvement in Qing Dynasty
Idiom usage
It is a metaphor for failure
lure mice with a cat
rise directly to a high position - fú yáo zhí shàng
try to shorten the neck of a crane and lengthen that of an owl -- to go against nature - duan he xu fu
play the flageolet , begging for food -- ask alms by playing an instrument - chuī xiāo qǐ shí
Cast a soldier in the face of adversity - lín nàn zhù bīng
a feeling of exaltation upon fulfillment - héng méi tǔ qì