コウモリ外がい交こう

noun

opportunistic diplomacy; two-faced diplomacy

Rare political term referring to diplomacy that shifts allegiances or positions for advantage, like a bat that is neither bird nor beast. Based on the fable of the bat in Aesop's tales.

See also: 蝙蝠

• その国くにのコウモリ外がい交こうは、周しゅう辺へん諸しょ国こくから批ひ判はんされている。

  That country's opportunistic diplomacy is criticized by neighboring nations.