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.
a crafty person prepares multiple escape routes; a wise man keeps options open
From Chinese 狡兔 (jiǎotù), literally 'cunning rabbit'. The kanji 狡 means 'cunning' and 兎 means 'rabbit'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is strongly associated with the classical Chinese idiom 狡兔三窟.