Why use rat instead of mouse in the year of rat?

The reasons for replacing mouse with rat in the Year of the Rat are as follows:

Rat and mouse both mean mouse: Rat: They are usually very big and scary. Mouse: Very cute. For example, among Mickey Mouse, people choose a stronger mouse.

Mouse:? Small animals with long tails, which look like big mice, are usually regarded as pests.

Animals with long tails look like rats and are usually considered pests.

So mouse generally refers to cute little animals, such as Mickey Mouse.

And rat is a more formal image of "mouse".

Then, the correct expression of "Year of the Rat" should be: Year of the Rat.

Remember: it's not the year of the rat, nor is it the year of the rat.

The crooked nut is used to asking people's constellations. The English for "constellation" is the zodiac, so we can say "China zodiac" in English.