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狡兔三窟

jiǎo tù sān kū

4-character word

What 狡兔三窟 means

1. lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
2. a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)

The characters in 狡兔三窟

• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 兔tùrabbit
• 三sānthree; 3
• 窟kūcave; hole

Example sentences

• 狡兔三窟。
  Jiǎotùsānkū.
  A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

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