兎うさぎ死しすれば狐きつねこれを悲かなしむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

people sympathize with their own kind in misfortune

Proverb meaning that when one of a group suffers, others of the same kind feel sorrow, as if the fox mourns the rabbit's death. Often used to express solidarity among the weak or oppressed.

• 兎うさぎ死しすれば狐きつねこれを悲かなしむというが、彼かれの失しつ業ぎょうを聞きいて同どう業ぎょう者しゃたちは皆みな心こころを痛いためた。

  As the saying goes, 'when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves'; hearing of his job loss, all his colleagues in the same field felt pained.