兔子不吃窝边草

兔子不吃窝边草
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lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)

    • A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its own burrow, you understand?

  2. noun

    fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood

    • Rabbits don't eat grass near their burrow.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A rabbit looks like the character for "exempt" but with an added dot representing its distinctive fluffy tail.

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