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不见兔子不撒鹰

bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng

7-character word Traditional 不見兔子不撒鷹

What 不见兔子不撒鹰 means

1. you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
2. one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed

The characters in 不见兔子不撒鹰

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 兔tùrabbit
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)