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虎毒不食子

hǔ dú bù shí zǐ

5-character word

What 虎毒不食子 means

1. a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)
2. even wild beasts look after their young

The characters in 虎毒不食子

• 虎hǔtiger
• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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