狡こう兎と死しして走そう狗く烹にらる

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when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

A classical Chinese-derived proverb warning that those who serve a purpose may be discarded once that purpose is fulfilled. The literal meaning is 'when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked'.

• 狡こう兎と死しして走そう狗く烹にらるというが、彼かれは会かい社しゃに尽つくした後あと、あっさり解かい雇こされた。

  As the saying goes, 'When the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked'; after he had devoted himself to the company, he was unceremoniously fired.