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兔子不吃窝边草

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7-character word Traditional 兔子不吃窩邊草

What 兔子不吃窝边草 means

1. (lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)
2. (fig.) even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood

The characters in 兔子不吃窝边草

• 兔tùrabbit
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 窝wōnest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript