狡兎
Meanings
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cunning rabbit; smart rabbit
Rare literary term for a clever or crafty rabbit. Almost exclusively used in the idiom 狡兎三窟 (こうとさんくつ), meaning a cunning person has multiple escape plans.
See also: 狡兎三窟
Do you know the proverb 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows'?
He acted like a cunning rabbit.
Expressions
- 狡兎良狗when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
- 狡兎死して走狗烹らるwhen the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked